Appwrite Function Failing to Install Requirements

TL;DR

The user is experiencing an issue with installing requirements for an Appwrite function. They inquire about the next release and express curiosity about the timeline. The support team mentions a different approach of providing a runtime with pre-installed libraries. They provide a solution involving updating the Dockerfile to include necessary dependencies. The user suggests adding a value in the `appwrite.json` file to specify required libraries for compilation. The issue appears to stem from the base Docker image lacking functionality.

is it just the docker missing the functionality?

Cause couldn't we just add an extra value to the appwrite.json that specifies if we need certain libraries required to compile them and then use a different docker image? I'm not sure on the specifics

the base docker image doesn't have gcc to compile the dependencies

what's the docker image based on? I'm sure you guys checked already but

https://github.com/open-runtimes/open-runtimes/blob/main/runtimes/python-3.10/Dockerfile

in the referenced github there's someone that said

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@malachibazar The fix has been accepted so it'll probably come out with the next merge.
If you need the fix with any speed just add RUN apk --no-cache add musl-dev linux-headers g++ to the python docker files right under the FROM line

I know you saw that because you referenced it but will that not work?

yeah so all that's needed is to add

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RUN apk update && apk add python3-dev \
                          gcc \
                          libc-dev \
                          libffi-dev

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FROM python:3.10-alpine3.15

LABEL maintainer="team@appwrite.io"

ENV INTERNAL_RUNTIME_ENTRYPOINT=main.py

RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/src/
RUN mkdir -p /usr/code
RUN mkdir -p /usr/workspace
RUN mkdir -p /usr/builds

WORKDIR /usr/local/src

COPY . .
RUN apk update && apk add python3-dev \
                          gcc \
                          libc-dev \
                          libffi-dev
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/src/start.sh
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/src/build.sh

ENV FLASK_APP="/usr/local/src/server.py"

EXPOSE 3000

CMD ["/usr/local/src/start.sh"]

I just ran it and it worked just fine

well if that works I can add the change, if not let me know

I saw the concern about size and I really wouldn't be too concerned

No, you don't need to submit a PR

So will it be added or is the size preventing it?

We're taking a different approach. We plan to provide a runtime with various ML libraries already installed including pandas

Ahh okay. Is there any sort of timeline or anything I can do to help?

I think it's going to be in the next release so just be patient

Just out of curiosity how often are releases normally? I’m working on a demo app to get paid and just curious if I should host a server temporarily and run the API locally for now and then switch it over or what you’d recommend