On 10/24/25 15:23, Stan Ulbrych wrote:
Hello! We have proposed a new mechanism for improving error messages for missing standard library modules, you can find the proposal at: https://discuss.python.org/t/improved-errors-for-missing-standard-library-modules/104540 please post your feedback there, it would be greatly appreciated. This would allow you to replace the current patch ( https://sources.debian.org/patches/python3.14/3.14.0-2/tkinter-import.diff/) with a JSON file that is used during the build process.
Is this only needed for standard library modules? That could be extended to *all* available modules in a distro, hinting to the installation of the corresponding package.
In this case, you could build up a database of module -> package mappings like it is done for the command-not-found command.
Instead of having a single json file, maybe have an approach to scan a dir for multiple json files?
Matthias