What would people think of Pants adding an automated mechani

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What would people think of Pants adding an automated mechanism to validate that artifacts built with ` pants package` are valid For example something like this ```pex binary name= main entry point= main py validate argv= help ``` Then Pants would run `dist main pex help` for you as part of ` pants package`

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

The validation would probably need to be pretty simplistic something you can express in a BUILD file like the `argv list str ` I think we d want the mechanism to be really accessible to use rather than requiring writing a plugin But we could maybe add a plugin hook for more complex situations

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

Nvm I forgot about <https www pantsbuild org docs python test goal depending on packages> and I think this probably intersects too closely with that to be worth another mechanism

curved-television-6568 · Answer

thanks for opening the topic I wasn t aware of that feature slightly smiling face

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

I definitely think we need to do a better job documenting it especially by cross referencing it in the docs on packaging pex It s a super cool feature one of the coolest Pants offers imo props to < happy kitchen 89482>