Improve docs on pinning version numbers #7820
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Second take (see #7807) on improving Pinned Version Numbers documentation in User Guide.
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as a good practice example of preserving cause of presence of package,pip show
,Although #7811 and #6925 would make those changes not needed, in my opinion they express best practices for pip's features as they are today and help its users to avoid pitfalls.