This release adds support for passing `--site-packages-copies` to both
`pex3 venv create ...` and `PEX_TOOLS=1 ./my.pex venv ...`. This is
similar to `pex --venv --venv-site-packages-copies ...` except that
instead of preferring hard links, a copy is always performed. This is
useful to disassociate venvs you create using Pex from Pex's underlying
`PEX_ROOT` cache.
This release also adds partial support for statically linked CPython. If
the statically linked CPython is `<3.12`, the default Pip (
`--pip-version vendored`) used by Pex will work. All newer Pips will not
though, until Pip 24.2 is released with the fix in
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12716 and Pex releases with support for
`--pip-version 24.2`.
* Add `--site-packages-copies` for external venvs. (2470)
* Support statically linked CPython. (2472)