PEP 831: Clarify build backend flag propagation
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Description
PEP 831 currently overstates how CPython build flags propagate through generic build backends. Update the PEP to distinguish Setuptools and deliberate sysconfig consumers from other PEP 517 backends, and document build-details.json as the appropriate future standardized interface.
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Research direction
Start by reading PEP 831 and the linked Python discussion, focusing on its claims about build flag propagation. Revise the PEP to distinguish Setuptools and deliberate sysconfig consumers from other PEP 517 backends, and document build-details.json as the future standardized interface. Done means these distinctions are stated accurately in the PEP.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- json, python
- Domain
- build-system, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100