Re: Feedback wanted for upstream proposal to replace a patch

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