Detect x32 userspace ABI on 64-bit kernel
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Description
Given pypa/pip#6908, do we want to put try to get this into pypa/packaging instead?
Originally posted by @chrahunt in https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/5391#issuecomment-524663064
This would be a fix related to pypa/pip#4962.
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- 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 reading the issue references to pypa/pip#6908 and pypa/pip#4962 to understand the x32 userspace ABI problem and the proposed role for pypa/packaging. The issue does not name files or tests; progress requires agreeing on whether packaging should provide this detection and defining its scope and completion criteria.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100