Merge pull request #11807 from pradyunsg/release/23.0.1

Author: pradyunsg

NEWS.rst

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 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+23.0.1 (2023-02-17)
+===================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Ignore PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV for ``pip index`` (`#11671 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11671>`_)
+- Implement ``--break-system-packages`` to permit installing packages into
+  ``EXTERNALLY-MANAGED`` Python installations. (`#11780 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11780>`_)
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Improve handling of isolated build environments on platforms that
+  customize the Python's installation schemes, such as Debian and
+  Homebrew. (`#11740 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11740>`_)
+- Do not crash in presence of misformatted hash field in ``direct_url.json``. (`#11773 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11773>`_)
+
+
 23.0 (2023-01-30)
 =================