Rez

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.56.0) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.55.0...2.56.0)

**Merged pull requests:**

- pip install path remap [\866](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/866) ([j0yu](https://github.com/j0yu))

**Closed issues:**

- rez-pip - no case for ../../include/... file [\861](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/861)

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.55.0) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.54.0...2.55.0)

**Merged pull requests:**

- Fixed bug in test variant selection [\842](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/842) ([nerdvegas](https://github.com/nerdvegas))
- pre_test_commands [\844](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/844) ([nerdvegas](https://github.com/nerdvegas))

**Closed issues:**

- tests "on_variants" not working as expected in some cases [\841](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/841)
- pre_test_commands [\843](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/843)

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.54.0) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.53.1...2.54.0)

**Merged pull requests:**

- Install as package part2 [\845](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/845) ([nerdvegas](https://github.com/nerdvegas))
- Allow absolute path for build directory [\853](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/853) ([joehigham-bss](https://github.com/joehigham-bss))
- [rez-pip] Fix for ptvsd install [\855](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/855) ([j0yu](https://github.com/j0yu))

**Closed issues:**

- "rez-pip -i ptvsd" produces bad package [\821](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/821)

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.53.1) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.53.0...2.53.1)

**Notes**

Misc Python-3 related issues.

**Merged pull requests:**

- PR: Fix "StringIO" imports and accesses. [\850](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/850) ([KelSolaar](https://github.com/KelSolaar))
- PR: Use "QtCompat" to handle "QHeaderView" incompatibilities and fix broken "resolve" button in "rez-gui". [\851](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/851) ([KelSolaar](https://github.com/KelSolaar))

**Closed issues:**

- "ImportError" exception raised while using "rez-gui" in Python 3. [\848](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/848)
- "AttributeError" exception raised when using "rez-gui" Package Browser with Pyside2 . [\849](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/849)

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.53.0) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.52.2...2.53.0)

**Merged pull requests:**

- [Feature] Add rez-pip extra args passthrough [\827](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/827) ([lambdaclan](https://github.com/lambdaclan))

**Closed issues:**

- rez-pip creates .pyc files by default [\816](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/816)

[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.52.2) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.52.1...2.52.2)

**Merged pull requests:**

- deprecate trailing underscored sourcefiles [\839](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/839) ([nerdvegas](https://github.com/nerdvegas))
- Minor pr3 fixes [\840](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/840) ([nerdvegas](https://github.com/nerdvegas))