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PEP: 739
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Title: Static description file for build details of Python installations
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Author: Filipe Laíns <lains@riseup.net>
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PEP-Delegate: Paul Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com>
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Discussions-To: https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-739-static-description-file-for-build-details-of-python-installations/44572
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Status: Draft
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Type: Standards Track
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Topic: Packaging
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Created: 19-Dec-2023
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Python-Version: 3.13
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Abstract
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========
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Introduce a standard format for a static description file with build details
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of Python installations.
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Rationale
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=========
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When introspecting a Python installation, running code is often undesirable or
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impossible. Having a static description file makes various of Python build
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details available without having to run the interpreter.
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This is helpful for use-cases such as cross-compilation, Python launchers, etc.
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Scope
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=====
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This PEP only defines a format. Python implementations may choose to include a
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build details file as part of their distribution, but they are not required to,
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and the specifics of how that may happen are out of scope for this PEP.
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Specification
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=============
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The specification is defined by the JSON Schema definition provided below, which
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is rendered in an human-readable format here.
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..
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Rendered with https://gist.github.com/FFY00/eb02d9da2870aae547bc579b7e17a145
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.. _spec-start:
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.. list-table::
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* - ``$schema``
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- https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema
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* - ``$id``
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- https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-0739/python-build-info-v1.schema.json
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* - Title
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- Static description file for the build details of Python
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installations
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Additional properties
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- **Not allowed**
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``schema_version``
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------------------
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* - Type
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- ``string`` (constant — ``1``)
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* - Description
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- Schema version. This is a constant value and MUST be ``1``.
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Future iterations of this schema MUST update this value.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``base_prefix``
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---------------
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- Base prefix of the Python installation.
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Either an absolute path, or a relative path to directory where
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this file is contained.
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* - Examples
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- ``/usr``, ``../..``, etc.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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``platform``
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------------
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- System platform string.
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* - Examples
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- - ``linux-x86_64``
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- etc.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``language``
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------------
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Description
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- Object containing details related to the Python language
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specification.
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In addition to the required keys, implementations may choose to
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include extra keys with implementation-specific details.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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* - Additional properties
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- **Not allowed**
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``language.version``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- String representation the Python language version — a version
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string consisting only of the *major* and *minor* components.
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* - Examples
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- ``3.13``, etc.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``implementation``
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------------------
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:widths: 25 75
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Description
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- Object containing details related to Python implementation.
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This section SHOULD be equivalent to
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:py:data:`sys.implementation`, but only the ``name`` and
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``version`` keys are actually required to be present.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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* - Additional properties
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- **Allowed**
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``implementation.name``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- Lower-case name of the Python implementation.
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* - Examples
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- ``cpython``, ``pypy``, etc.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``implementation.version``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Description
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- Object in the format of :py:data:`sys.version_info`, containing
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the implementation version.
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* - Examples
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- - ``{'major': 3, 'minor': 13, 'micro': 1, 'releaselevel': 'final', 'serial': 0}``
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- ``{'major': 7, 'minor': 3, 'micro': 16, 'releaselevel': 'final', 'serial': 0}``
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- etc.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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* - Additional properties
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- **Not allowed**
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``implementation.version.major``
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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* - Type
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- ``number``
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``implementation.version.minor``
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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* - Type
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- ``number``
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``implementation.version.micro``
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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* - Type
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- ``number``
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``implementation.version.releaselevel``
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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* - Type
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- ``string`` (enum — ``alpha``, ``beta``, ``candidate``, ``final``)
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``implementation.version.serial``
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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* - Type
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- ``number``
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``interpreter``
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---------------
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Description
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- Object containing details Python interpreter.
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If the Python installation does not provide an interpreter, this
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section will be missing.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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* - Additional properties
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- **Not allowed**
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``interpreter.path``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- The path to the Python interprer. Either an absolute path, or a
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relative path to the path defined in the ``base`` key.
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* - Examples
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- - ``/usr/bin/python``
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- ``bin/python``
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- etc.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``abi``
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-------
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Description
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- Object containing details related to ABI.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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* - Additional properties
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- **Not allowed**
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``abi.flags``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``array``
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* - Description
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- Build configuration flags, used to calculate the extension
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suffix.
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The flags MUST be defined in the order they appear on the
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extension suffix.
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* - Examples
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- ``['d', 't']``, etc.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``abi.extension_suffix``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- Suffix used for extensions built against the current
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implementation version.
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* - Examples
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- - ``.cpython-313-x86_64-linux-gnu.so``
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- etc.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``abi.stable_abi_suffix``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- Suffix used for extensions built against the stable ABI.
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* - Examples
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- ``.abi3.so``, etc.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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``suffixes``
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------------
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Description
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- Valid module suffixes grouped by type.
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* - Examples
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- - ``{'source': ['.py'], 'bytecode': ['.pyc'], 'optimized_bytecode': ['.pyc'], 'debug_bytecode': ['.pyc'], 'extensions': ['.cpython-313-x86_64-linux-gnu.so', '.abi3.so', '.so']}``
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- etc.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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* - Additional properties
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- **Allowed**
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``libpython``
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-------------
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Description
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- Object containing details related to the ``libpython`` library.
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If the Python installation does not provide a ``libpython``
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library, this section will be missing.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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* - Additional properties
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- **Not allowed**
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``libpython.dynamic``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- The path to the dynamic ``libpython`` library.
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Either an absolute path, or a relative path to the path defined
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in the ``base`` key.. If the Python installation does not
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provide a dynamic ``libpython`` library, this entry will be
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missing.
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* - Examples
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- - ``/usr/lib/libpython3.13.so.1.0``
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- ``lib/libpython3.13.so.1.0``
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- etc.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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``libpython.static``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- The path to the static ``libpython`` library.
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Either an absolute path, or a relative path to the path defined
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in the ``base`` key.. If the Python installation does not
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provide a static ``libpython`` library, this entry will be
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missing.
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* - Examples
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- - ``/usr/lib/python3.13/config-3.13-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.13.a``
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- ``lib/python3.13/config-3.13-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.13.a``
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- etc.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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``libpython.link_to_libpython``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``boolean``
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* - Description
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- Should extensions built against a dynamic ``libpython`` link to
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it?
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* - Required
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- **False**
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``c_api``
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---------
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Description
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- Object containing details related to the Python C API, if
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available.
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If the Python implementation does not provide a C API, this
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section will be missing.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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* - Additional properties
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- **Not allowed**
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``c_api.headers``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- The path to the C API headers. Either an absolute path, or a
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relative path to the path defined in the ``base`` key..
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* - Examples
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- - ``/usr/include/python3.13``
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- ``include/python3.13``
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- etc.
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* - Required
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- **True**
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``c_api.pkgconfig_path``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* - Type
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- ``string``
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* - Description
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- The path to the pkg-config definition files. Either an absolute
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path, or a relative path to the path defined in the ``base``
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key..
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* - Examples
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- - ``/usr/lib/pkgconfig``
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- ``lib/pkgconfig``
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- etc.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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``arbitrary_data``
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------------------
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* - Type
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- ``object``
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* - Description
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- Object containing extra arbitrary data.
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This is meant to be used as an escape-hatch, to include any
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relevant data that is not covered by this specification.
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* - Required
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- **False**
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* - Additional properties
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- **Allowed**
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.. _spec-end:
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Example
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:language: json
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JSON Schema
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===========
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.. literalinclude:: pep-0739/python-build-info-v1.schema.json
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:language: json
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:linenos:
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Rejected Ideas
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==============
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Having a larger scope
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---------------------
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One of the main requests in the discussion of this PEP was the inclusion of
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other kind of information, such as the ``site-packages`` path. It is the opinion
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of the PEP author that information regarding the Python environment should be
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provided by a separate file, creating the a clear separation between the build
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details, which should be immutable across any interpreter instance, and details
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that can change, such as environment details.
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Copyright
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=========
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This document is placed in the public domain or under the
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CC0-1.0-Universal license, whichever is more permissive.
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