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Epic: Runtime Startup Refinement
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area: runtimes
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Description
This epic collects a number of connected issues around runtime startup based on user feedback.
Positron's best guess of which interpreter(s) to start and where to look
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3432
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/1044
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/1143
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/1181
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/5664
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/1180
User/Admin configurable interpreter defaults
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/6202
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3574
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3575
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/4011
Surfacing interpreter-related settings and output; user debug-ability
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3468
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/5223
- https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3566
- Runtimes tab for settings and overview of interpreters
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked issues, especially the unchecked items 1143, 1181, 5664, 1180, and 4011, along with the proposed Runtimes tab. Trace how those issues relate to interpreter selection, defaults, and diagnostic output. Done means the remaining startup-refinement work is addressed across the connected issues.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100