Install the correct system packages for Python dependencies
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Description
If you install a Python library that depends on a system package, it should automatically install that system package.
It'd be neat if this mapping was reusable outside of Cog. Perhaps we can make a separate GitHub repository with a big JSON file.
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
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating how Cog installs Python libraries and handles system packages, then determine whether the mapping belongs in Cog or a separate repository; done means dependencies install their required system packages through a reusable, agreed approach.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100