Multiple platform apps?
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- Python
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Description
@sixninetynine! Shiv looks rad. I've been lamenting about `pkg_resources` slowing down our Python CLI tools @NerdWallet.
One pex feature we rely on is building a single `.pex` file for multiple platforms (i.e. `pex --platform linux-x86_64 --platform macosx-10.11-x86_64 ...`). We pre-compile all of our own wheel files in a private repo so this means we end up with a single `.pex` full of our custom built wheels (fast builds, happy security folks, etc...)
#7 talks about invoking shiv for a different target, but it doesn't talk about multiple targets.
Is this even possible with Shiv? I hope so, I'd love to contribute back to shiv and explore moving to it!
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reading issue #7 and the existing Shiv command-line behavior around selecting a target platform. Compare that behavior with the multi-platform PEX workflow described here, then determine whether a single archive can support multiple targets and document the expected result or implementation scope.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100