cli: Drop --unstable-feature flag

news/9133.removal.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove --unstable-feature flag as it has been deprecated.

src/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py

@@ -199,13 +199,6 @@ def _main(self, args):
                 )
                 options.cache_dir = None
 
-        if 'resolver' in options.unstable_features:
-            logger.critical(
-                "--unstable-feature=resolver is no longer supported, and "
-                "has been replaced with --use-feature=2020-resolver instead."
-            )
-            sys.exit(ERROR)
-
         if '2020-resolver' in options.features_enabled and not PY2:
             logger.warning(
                 "--use-feature=2020-resolver no longer has any effect, "

src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py

@@ -895,17 +895,6 @@ def check_list_path_option(options):
 )  # type: Callable[..., Option]
 
 
-unstable_feature = partial(
-    Option,
-    '--unstable-feature',
-    dest='unstable_features',
-    metavar='feature',
-    action='append',
-    default=[],
-    choices=['resolver'],
-    help=SUPPRESS_HELP,  # TODO: drop this in pip 20.3
-)  # type: Callable[..., Option]
-
 use_new_feature = partial(
     Option,
     '--use-feature',
@@ -958,7 +947,6 @@ def check_list_path_option(options):
         disable_pip_version_check,
         no_color,
         no_python_version_warning,
-        unstable_feature,
         use_new_feature,
         use_deprecated_feature,
     ]