.. _spkg_python_discovery:

python_discovery: Python interpreter discovery
==============================================

Description
-----------

python-discovery provides Python interpreter discovery for tools
such as tox and virtualenv. It locates Python installations on the
system across different platforms and provides a consistent API for
querying interpreter properties.

License
-------

MIT

Upstream Contact
----------------

https://pypi.org/project/python-discovery/

Type
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standard


Dependencies
------------

- $(PYTHON)
- $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN)
- :ref:`spkg_filelock`
- :ref:`spkg_platformdirs`

Version Information
-------------------

package-version.txt::

    1.2.1


Equivalent System Packages
--------------------------

(none known)

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because ``spkg-configure.m4`` has not been written for this package;
see :issue:`27330` for more information.

