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
