release_2.14.0a1

New Features

• Add suport for string interpolation in Helm deployments (Cherry-pick of #16611) (#16723)

• Support Docker custom tags via plugin hook (Cherry-pick of #16662) (#16719)

• Support Pex's --path-mapping with lockfiles for better local requirement support (Cherry-pick of #16584) (#16625)

Bug fixes

• Add support for inferring dependencies used in type context bounds (Cherry-pick of #16709) (#16725)

• Resolve properly provided symbol names for types defined at top level package (Cherry-pick of #16690) (#16718)

• Make experimental_shell_command deterministic (Cherry-pick of #16675) (#16700)

• Wire BUILD file formatters in lint (Cherry-pick of #16666) (#16694)

• Include type bound constraints in consumed symbols during Scala inference (Cherry-pick of #16692) (#16698)

• Make FilespecMatcher case-sensitive (Cherry-pick of #16673) (#16677)

• Ensure the sandbox distdir exists when creating dists via PEP517 (Cherrypick of #16647) (#16659)

Performance

• Implement a batched local lookup for missing fingerprints. (Cherry-pick of #16627) (#16701)

• Optimize CreateDigest implementation. (Cherry-pick of #16617) (#16648)

Documentation

• List commercial Pants services that optionally supplement community's extensive free tier (Cherry-pick of #16706) (#16742)

• Welcome community members to consider joining team (Cherry-pick of #16681) (#16745)

• Clarify wording for --skip options (Cherry-pick of #16622) (#16702)

• Fix example BSP groups file. (Cherry-pick of #16649) (#16653)

• Fix ./pants help docs on command line specs (Cherry-pick of #16616) (#16624)

• Create page of Pants team members and proudest contribs (Cherry-pick of #16676) (#16730)