Source only distros

[Jaegermeiste]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Python 3.12.11 is not available to install, presumably because there are no official binaries available.

Describe the solution you'd like
Ability to build and install from source, if binaries are unavailable. Similar to what vcpkg or cmake can do.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Building manually or downloading binaries from an unofficial release is of course an option, but that intrinsically defeats the purpose of the python install manager.

Additional context
This, of course, requires the proper build tools to be available on the target system.

[zooba]

We won't be adding build support to PyManager.

For pre-built security releases, we suggest working with a paid provider (such as Anaconda or ActiveState), and to build your own we would definitely recommend using the source releases from python.org or the tags on GitHub.

It's also totally viable and permitted for a 3rd party to create their own feed that works with the install manager. If someone wants to do that, they're more than welcome, they'll just need to provide instructions on how to configure the install manager to use their feed instead of ours.