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Can build tags be supported as part of version ranges for fix present or not?

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Description

at times one can re-vendor a newer shared library dependency to effectively address a CVE. In such cases one can increase a build number; whilst keeping the wheel version the same.

Some of this was already touched in https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/issues/103

I wonder if the database here or in osv can support build tags as part of the version stream?

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Research direction

Start by reading the linked advisory-database issue 103 and comparing how this database and OSV represent version ranges. Determine whether Python wheel build tags can be expressed in the existing advisory model; done requires a documented decision and, if supported, a defined representation and validation path.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
databases, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
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