Split buildbox to separate wheel
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 140
- Forks
- 45
- Avg merge
- 1d 3h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 6
Description
buildbox binaries are Python version independent. It would be useful they would live in a separate wheel that is version-independent while BuildStream *is* Python version dependent (Cython extensions). This would allow both easier updates of buildbox stack without BuildStream releases and users being able to easily install BuildStream from sdist while still being able to obtain the buildbox stack as a dependency.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing how BuildStream currently packages and distributes the buildbox binaries and how its Python-version-dependent Cython extensions are built. Trace the package boundaries and dependency metadata, then define the separate version-independent wheel and verify that BuildStream can still be installed from source while obtaining buildbox separately.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100