Launchers for installed custom executable/scripts
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- Python
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Some packages install their own executables/scripts, for example https://pypi.org/project/ninja/, this won't get a launcher/shim when you run py install --refresh, leaving them inaccessible.
Describe the solution you'd like
Do create launchers/shims for those.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Install such things in an alternative way.
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Research direction
Start with the py install --refresh entry point and trace how installed package executables are discovered and how launchers or shims are generated. Check the behavior for packages such as ninja; done means executables installed by packages are reachable through generated launchers after refresh, with tests covering that behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100