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  • Refactor
    • Improved the setup and configuration of Python virtual environments and paths for greater reliability.
    • Enhanced path handling to prevent duplicates and ensure correct environment variables.
    • Strengthened error reporting during dependency installation for clearer feedback.
    • Updated environment setup messages for better clarity.

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This update refactors Python virtual environment setup and path configuration in builder/main.py. It introduces improved path normalization, eliminates redundant path insertions, and enhances error reporting. Several functions now handle environment variables more robustly, and dependency installation logic is updated to exit on errors instead of returning fallback values.

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Python Environment Setup & Path Handling
builder/main.py
Refactored virtual environment setup, improved path normalization, removed duplicate path insertions, enhanced add_to_pythonpath() and setup_python_paths(), updated error handling in dependency installation functions, and clarified warning/error messages.

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    participant User
    participant MainScript
    participant OS_Env
    participant VirtualEnv
    participant Pip
    participant Esptool

    User->>MainScript: Run builder/main.py
    MainScript->>VirtualEnv: setup_pipenv_in_package()
    VirtualEnv-->>MainScript: Create or activate venv
    MainScript->>OS_Env: Remove PYTHONHOME
    MainScript->>MainScript: setup_python_paths()
    MainScript->>OS_Env: Update PATH, PYTHONPATH, sys.path
    MainScript->>Pip: install_python_deps()
    Pip-->>MainScript: Install dependencies
    MainScript->>Esptool: install_esptool()
    Esptool-->>MainScript: Install or exit on failure
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🔭 Outside diff range comments (1)
builder/main.py (1)

385-419: Important behavior change: Function now exits on failure

The install_esptool() function now raises SystemExit on failure instead of returning a fallback string. This is a good change that ensures build failures are caught early, but it's a breaking change from the previous behavior.

The error handling improvements are appropriate - these are indeed errors that should halt the build process.

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builder/main.py (1)

132-168: Well-structured Python paths setup!

The function properly handles:

  • OS-specific Scripts/bin directory addition to PATH
  • Site-packages discovery for both Windows and Unix systems

One minor suggestion: Consider adding error handling if no python* directory is found in the Unix site-packages search (lines 161-164).

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📚 Learning: in the esp32 platform builder, the subprocess call to get site-packages directory in setup_python_pa...
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PR: pioarduino/platform-espressif32#225
File: builder/main.py:99-108
Timestamp: 2025-07-13T20:03:29.695Z
Learning: In the ESP32 platform builder, the subprocess call to get site-packages directory in setup_python_paths() function is intentionally left without error handling because if this basic Python operation fails, it indicates a fundamental system issue that would cause the entire build process to fail anyway.

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builder/main.py (5)

86-86: LGTM! The more descriptive message clarifies that this is specifically a pioarduino virtual environment.


96-104: Good improvements to Python environment setup!

The changes properly sequence the virtual environment setup:

  1. Sets up the virtual environment
  2. Updates PYTHON_EXE to point to the venv Python
  3. Removes PYTHONHOME to prevent conflicts
  4. Validates the Python executable exists

These changes make the environment setup more robust and less prone to configuration issues.


115-130: Excellent path normalization implementation!

The addition of path normalization ensures cross-platform compatibility and prevents duplicate entries with different path separators. This is particularly important for Windows/Unix compatibility.


287-287: Good consolidation! The Scripts directory PATH addition is now properly handled in setup_python_paths(), eliminating redundancy.


325-325: Good clarification! The error message now correctly identifies that it's uv pip list that failed, not regular pip.

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