version-fox / version-fox/vfox
[Feature]: add ability in plugins to provide paths to cache subdirectories
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Description
1. Your usage scenarios?
- install a language or utility e.g. python
- need an include file or library from the cache e.g. Python.h and libpython3.12.so
- call vfox for it to return the full path to the currently installed path
e.g. vfox include-path python
/home/xx/.vfox/cache/python/v-3.12.3/python-3.12.3/include/python3.12
vfox lib-path python
/home/xx/.vfox/cache/python/v-3.12.3/python-3.12.3/lib/
2. What is your expected outcome?
The returned paths can be used in Makefile or ninja to do compilations for python, ruby, and other languages that have compiled libraries.
They are already using vfox for cross-platform development. And this is a common, constant problem for them. Providing this capability makes that effort substantially easier.
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
Start by tracing the existing vfox CLI and plugin path-handling entry points for installed language caches. Implement a way for plugins to expose cache subdirectory paths through commands such as include-path and lib-path, then verify that the returned paths match the examples and work for compilation workflows.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100