pex 2.1.135

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2.1.135

This release brings support for pex3 venv {inspect,create} for
working with venvs directly using Pex. Previously, a PEX built with
--include-tools (or --venv) had the capability of turning itself
into a venv but the new pex3 venv create command can do this for any
PEX file with the addition of a few new features:

1. The venv can now be created directly from requirements producing no
   intermediate PEX file.
2. The venv can be created either from a PEX file or a lock file. A
   subset of either of those can be chosen by also supplying
   requirements.
3. Instead of creating a full-fledged venv, just the site-packages can
   be exported (without creating an intermediate venv). This "flat"
   layout is used by several prominent runtimes - notably AWS Lambda -
   and emulates pip install --target. This style layout can also be
   zipped and prefixed. Additionally it supports --platform and
   --complete-platform allowing creation of, for example, an AWS
   Lambda (or Lambda Layer) deployment zip on a non-Linux host.

Additionally this release adds support for Pip 23.1.1 and 23.1.2.

• Add Support for Pip 23.1.1. (#2133)
• Introduce pex3 venv inspect. (#2135)
• Introduce pex3 venv create. (#2140)
• Add support for Pip 23.1.2. (#2142)