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add helper for discovering and aliasing system architecture

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Description

Several of our charms do something like this for architecture discovery:

```
arch = platform.processor()
if arch in ["x86_64", "amd64"]:
self._arch = "amd64"
elif arch in ["aarch64", "arm64", "armv8b", "armv8l"]:
self._arch = "arm64"
else:
self._arch = arch
```

Examples (note that they don't all map to the same final `arch` alias names):
* [cos-proxy](https://github.com/canonical/cos-proxy-operator/blob/5115a06e5b0392589cebaa96801154f6fc4aaac0/src/charm.py#L344-L347)
* [loki_push_api lib](https://github.com/canonical/loki-k8s-operator/blob/main/lib/charms/loki_k8s/v1/loki_push_api.py#L1853-L1859)
* [grafana agent operator pr](https://github.com/canonical/grafana-agent-operator/pull/131)
* [script exporter](https://github.com/canonical/script-exporter-operator/blob/bda9401eb4e384fdb41141561b741f1b3deef364/src/charm.py#L41)
* [parca](https://github.com/canonical/parca-agent-operator/blob/20f45a8db833ef0875cd8c1a02c91ceddc2f20d3/src/parca_agent.py#L20)

We should decide on one common method and include it here as a helper.

References:
- [craft-parts get_host_architecture](https://github.com/canonical/craft-parts/blob/85e45f6d31a64d6d8712eb326bba3d067e066832/craft_parts/infos.py#L983).

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Research direction

Compare the architecture handling in the linked cos-proxy, loki_push_api, script exporter, and parca examples with craft-parts' get_host_architecture implementation. Decide the common aliases and helper behavior, then verify that the resulting utility covers the architectures shown and is consistent across callers.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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