Per bpo-36465, Python 3.8 will support libraries compiled against a release build running in a debug build of the interpreter.
Pip could make this easier to take advantage of by allowing e.g. cp38dm and cp38m wheels in a debug Python 3.8. If we are planning to switch to packaging.tags then that may be the place to make the actual changes and this issue could be closed or track the integration.
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Per bpo-36465, Python 3.8 will support libraries compiled against a release build running in a debug build of the interpreter.
Pip could make this easier to take advantage of by allowing e.g. cp38dm and cp38m wheels in a debug Python 3.8. If we are planning to switch to
packaging.tagsthen that may be the place to make the actual changes and this issue could be closed or track the integration.Additional context