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Summary

Proposes first-class platform variants: one package version carries a primary archive plus platform-tagged variant archives, published in one transaction and listed in the version entry's variants field of pnpr's own package document (split packuments). npm's documents do not list variants, so npm clients install the primary; a compatibility view for them is out of scope for now. pnpm locks every variant in the existing variations lockfile resolution and links the matching one as the package.

• Replaces the per-platform optionalDependencies pattern (esbuild, swc, rollup, sharp, napi-rs) behind [BUG] Platform-specific optional dependencies not being included in package-lock.json when reinstalling with node_modules present npm/cli#4828 (818 👍, the most-upvoted issue in npm's trackers). It also removes install scripts that download binaries.
• The registry enforces that variants share the primary's name, version, and dependency fields, that no variant requires a build, and that platform tags are unique. The dependency graph is therefore platform-independent.
• Platforms extend supportedArchitectures platform-list syntax with libc, manylinux, macOS/Windows, N-API and runtime floors, plus a wasm32 fallback. Each variant's tag is derived deterministically from its platforms, and a host that matches no variant gets the primary archive.
• The lockfile keeps every variant in variations and gives each variant its own snapshot key, <name>@<version>/variants/<tag>.
• CI matrix jobs pass their archives to one release job, which uploads each archive by integrity and commits the version in one batch publish, as specified in atomic workspace publication. One provenance statement names every archive.

Related drafts

• rfc(pnpr): publish-time manifest verification #47 (manifest verification profile used for the invariants)
• Atomic workspace publication (merged in rfc(pnpr): atomic workspace publication #46)

Open questions

Still unresolved: variants for emulated CPUs (Rosetta, Windows on Arm), an accelerator dimension (CUDA, ROCm), how pnpm deploy picks the linked variant, whether large non-platform assets use the same mechanism, and whether pnpr can serve esbuild-style proxied packages as variants. A compatibility view for npm clients is out of scope for now.

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  • Added a draft RFC proposing platform-specific archives within a single package version, including rules for declaring, validating, publishing, and selecting variants.
  • The proposal describes npm-format compatibility, platform-neutral lockfiles, and package-manager behavior for fetching and linking variants.
  • It includes migration examples, prototype findings, implementation steps, and open questions. This remains a proposal; no implementation or protocol version has been approved.

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The draft RFC proposes platform-specific archives within one package version. It describes archive rules, platform selection, registry metadata and routes, publication, lockfile representation, and installation behavior. It also records migration examples, prototype findings, proposed work, and unresolved questions. The document states that no implementation or protocol version is approved.

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
Archive model and platform selection pnpr/text/0000-platform-variants.md	The RFC defines complete variant archives, archive constraints, platform tags and selection rules, registry metadata, manifest differences, and immutable archive routes.
Lockfile and installation behavior pnpr/text/0000-platform-variants.md	The RFC specifies variant lockfile entries and dependency snapshots. It describes archive fetching and selection, integrity-based virtual-store identity, and relinking when the selected archive changes.
Publication and client compatibility pnpr/text/0000-platform-variants.md	The RFC describes batch publication and provenance for archive sets. It specifies primary-archive behavior for clients that do not read variant metadata.
Migration, prototype, and proposed work pnpr/text/0000-platform-variants.md	The RFC records migration examples, prototype findings, comparisons, implementation and test plans, prior art, and unresolved questions.

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Possibly related PRs

• pnpm/rfcs#54: Defines split package documents, release-record routes, and client retrieval behavior related to variant metadata.
• pnpm/rfcs#55: Changes package-document and revision-record contracts used by the RFC’s proposed variant metadata and retrieval.
• pnpm/rfcs#46: Defines staged artifact uploads and atomic metadata publication relevant to the batch publication proposal.

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Clarify the no-primary behavior so older clients have an explicit and consistent outcome when they encounter unknown platform fields.

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_{A rabbit reads the platform tags,
And checks each archive in its place.
The lockfile notes the chosen build,
While fetches follow the target’s trace.
One package holds its variants tight,
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RFC: Publish platform variants under one package version

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AI Description

• Proposes publishing primary and platform-tagged archives together under one package version.
• Defines registry validation, platform-neutral lockfiles, host selection, and compatibility for
 other clients.
• Documents migration cases, prototype results, and unresolved decisions; this PR adds no
 implementation.

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graph TD
  CI["CI matrix"] --> ST["Staged publish"] --> META[("Version metadata")] --> LOCK[("Variations lockfile")] --> INST["pnpm installer"] --> PKG["Selected archive"]
  META --> COMP["Compatibility view"] --> OTHER["Other clients"]

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The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Keep per-platform optional packages

• ➕ Works with existing npm clients and registry publication.
• ➖ Retains separate publications, metadata fan-out, loader shims, and platform-package names.

2. Put every binary in one archive

• ➕ Requires no registry or lockfile protocol change.
• ➖ Makes every installation download binaries for platforms it cannot use.

3. Apply variants as overlays

• ➕ Avoids duplicating shared JavaScript across archives.
• ➖ Requires merge and conflict rules during extraction.

Recommendation: The proposed complete-archive variants best address atomic publication and platform-neutral resolution without making installers merge packages. The compatibility view should ship before publishers serving other npm clients migrate.

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0000-platform-variants.mdPropose a multi-archive platform-variants protocol +736/-0

Propose a multi-archive platform-variants protocol

• Adds a draft RFC for publishing validated platform variants as one version and recording them in pnpr metadata and pnpm's variations lockfile. It specifies selection, installation, publication, compatibility, migration, prototype findings, and unresolved questions; it does not change implementation code.

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223-226: Functional Correctness

The nodeAbi selection rule depends on the runtime that loads the addon. The RFC names an Electron app's configuration as the source of that runtime, but it does not say how pnpm receives that configuration or how relinking behaves when it changes. Without this contract, an implementer cannot determine which Node.js or Electron ABI pnpm uses for selection.

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The comment's premise is contradicted. The install contract does not document only os, cpu, and libc inputs. Line 194 defines platform lists with the same syntax as the tag table, which includes libcVersion, osVersion, napi, and nodeAbi. The object form at lines 457-458 omits those fields. That omission does not block the list form, so the RFC gives no concrete failure path for the question.

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331-333: Data Integrity & Integration

The comment claims the RFC does not define which bytes dist.integrity covers. The repository defines it. The platform RFC links the registry revision RFC, which states that dist.integrity is the hash of the uncompressed tar for every revision, including originals. The platform RFC uses the same input for integrity at line 331, so the cited lines do not leave a gap.

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Minor · Record snapshots when any snapshot field differs. · 0000-platform-variants.md:493-505

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Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Record snapshots when any snapshot field differs.

The “whose dependencies differ” wording was introduced in d804f0c and carried through the later snapshot-rule changes. At the reviewed head, it conflicts with the rule that includes optionalDependencies, transitivePeerDependencies, and any resolver-produced field. A frozen install can therefore fall back to the primary snapshot when only one of those fields differs.

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-  whose dependencies differ from `<name>@<version>`.
+  whose resolved snapshot differs in any field from `<name>@<version>`.

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Review comment at @pnpr/text/0000-platform-variants.md around lines 493 - 505:
Update the snapshot-recording rule in the lockfile changes description to
include a variant whenever its resolved snapshot differs from the primary
snapshot in any field, not only dependencies.

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@coderabbitai The outside-diff finding on 4d115d8 (lockfile change list still said "whose dependencies differ") is fixed in 4060e53: the list now says a variant's entry is recorded when its resolved snapshot differs in any field from <name>@<version>'s, matching the snapshot rule.

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@zkochan Thanks for the fix. The wording you describe for 4060e53 addresses the mismatch: it compares every field in the resolved snapshot, not only dependencies.

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Minor · Document the no-primary behavior at the selection boundary. · 0000-platform-variants.md:257-259

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Document the no-primary behavior at the selection boundary.

The RFC permits a primary-less version, but its unknown-field rule promises fallback to a primary archive. When no primary exists, that fallback is impossible and pnpm fails when no selectable variant remains. Update the rule to state that fallback applies only when a primary exists, and that selection fails otherwise.

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-The vocabulary is versioned. A tag with a field the client does not know is
-not selectable, so an older client falls back to the primary archive instead
-of guessing.
+The vocabulary is versioned. A tag with a field the client does not know is
+not selectable. If the version has a primary archive, an older client falls
+back to that archive instead of guessing. If the version has no primary
+archive, selection fails when no selectable variant remains.

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Update the unknown-field selection rule in the RFC to make fallback conditional
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fails if none exists and no selectable variant remains.

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@coderabbitai The outside-diff finding on 4060e53 (unknown tag fields promising a primary that may not exist) is fixed in e75e58f: when the version has no primary and no other variant matches, the install fails as for any unmatched host, and an optional dependency is skipped, as the no-primary section already says.

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@zkochan Thanks for the fix. The behavior you describe for e75e58f addresses the concern. If no primary archive exists and no other variant matches, installation fails for a required dependency and skips an optional dependency.

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