Create a separate WASI container

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Create a separate WASI container

Closed this issue 5 months ago · 4 comments

It should make caching easier since the WASI toolchains will change more than the base dev container. It would also allow for https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/main/.devcontainer to have a separate WASI dev container which pre-builds everything.

Answer 1 · 2024-11-15T18:36:40.000Z

If we don't use latest in the CPython repo then I think this idea actually isn't worth it as it will cause more work (at least for me) as I would then have to worry about pinning in this container and over in the CPython repo. I think I can still do a separate devcontainer in CPython by using a different command to run for the codespace pre-build.

Answer 2 · 2025-05-29T18:56:13.000Z

This might make builds somewhat faster by layering a base container and then WASI on top of it (see #8).

Answer 3 · 2025-06-04T21:50:44.000Z

I don't think this is worth the overhead right now as changing the base devcontainer would then require updating the WASI container unless we start using labels more (e.g. labeling a container image as meant for Python 3.15 or something).

Answer 4 · 2025-06-11T17:42:17.000Z

I asked for feedback on what people wanted for WASI and this didn't come up, so I'm not going to worry about it.