astral-sh/uv

Special case error message when build fails on a very old package version

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#7,035 opened on Sep 4, 2024

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Description

  1. We know very old package versions fail often fail to build due to outdated metadata and dependencies
  2. We generally know when a package version was published
  3. We get a ton of questions about this (e.g., https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/6052#issuecomment-2329559758)

Let's display a special message for these errors?

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Research direction
Look for how uv currently handles build failures and where package metadata (especially publish date) is available. Then determine how to detect 'very old' versions and craft a custom error message.
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rust
Domain
developer experiencecli
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Feature
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3
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Half day
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Active
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