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potrace: Install potrace with the package

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system

Research direction

The issue presents three possible approaches for installing potrace but does not identify a file, test, or preferred direction. First compare the PEP 517/518 build, first-run download, and documentation-only options with the project's packaging setup. Work is complete only after one approach is selected and its installation behavior is documented and verified.

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Description

Options:

  1. Building potrace (PEP 517/518)
  2. Download potrace executables (http://potrace.sourceforge.net/#downloading) on the first run and saving them to the package path for future use.
  3. Just mention in the docs.
Dominant language
Python
Stars
544
Forks
53
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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