Improve Beam CLI upgrade guidance - #73
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What changed
beamcommandpipbeam --versionverification steppackagingas a direct runtime dependencyWhy
A user can run
beamthrough a pyenv shim while a barepippoints at another Python environment. In that case,pip install --upgrade beam-clientmay report a new package version without updating the Beam CLI that is actually running. A clean wheel installation also exposed that the version-check module importedpackagingwithout declaring it directly, which could crash the CLI before the guidance appeared.Impact
The update-required message is now actionable for pyenv, virtualenv, and other multi-Python setups: it identifies the real environment, provides a copyable command that upgrades that exact installation, and tells the user how to verify the result.
Validation
.venv/bin/pytest -q.venv/bin/ruff check src tests.venv/bin/python -m build --wheelbeamexecutable against a mock minimum-version endpoint