hey there! I started testing pants 2.0.0a1 and I noticed that

python_app

is causing chaos and there isnt

bundle

as a goal anymore. 😞 Did it become something else or we won’t have support for that on v2.0?

Hey Thales. Yeah, for now

python_app

isn’t supported because we plan to redesign it in a better way. https://www.pantsbuild.org/v2.0/docs/how-to-upgrade-pants-2-0#python_app-and-the-bundle-goal-are-removed-130-vs-20 For now, the closest alternative would be running

binary

. Is this a blocker for you?

The distinction between

python_app

and

python_binary

, and between the

bundle

and

binary

goals, was unclear, and possibly unnecessary. You can now embed arbitrary files directly in the

.pex

file, using a

files()

target.

You can now embed arbitrary files directly in the .pex file, using a files() target.

That would be the main difference. If the files are bundled directly in the

.pex

, vs. kept “loose” outside of the

.pex

I do need

python_app

and

bundle

. I’m putting my code inside the .pex file but the ML models are kept “loose” as Eric, mentioned. So when I run it I normally use flags to point to those “loose” folders/files.

Got it. Yeah, I agree we’ll want it back. The only reason we removed it was that the old mechanism was pretty complex, and hard to port from the v1 engine to the v2 engine. If we could redo it from the ground up, we would do it differently. We simply haven’t prioritized adding it back yet.

I guess all I’d have to do is change my CI get the binary .pex and then all those “loose” files and put them together instead of that single .tar.gz for my Dockerfile.

Okay. Does this work okay? If not, we can re-prioritize adding back

python_app

given the importance of it to your use case.

Well, if I can annoy you guys with prioritizing things I’d say go for the CA Cert thing not working on v2 lol. That one I have no way around it.

Opened https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/10733 to track this. If you have any thoughts on what functionality you’d like, it’d be quite helpful to comment. For example, did you use any of the

rel_mapper

stuff?