hermes_cli.runtime_paths (venv generations, selection, activation) moves to
pm.environments, and gains venv_bin_dir / venv_python / project_python. Every
in-tree caller asks pm for an interpreter now; pm no longer reaches back into
hermes_cli for its own environment layout (pm.packages, pm.extras, pm.ensure,
pm.paths imported hermes_cli.runtime_paths). The three open-coded
"Scripts/python.exe or bin/python" ladders in pm collapse onto venv_python.
hermes_constants.venv_python_path / venv_bin_dir and hermes_cli.runtime_paths
stay as frozen-updater-surface shims only (tests/compat/old_updater_surface.json).
To keep the boot path light, pm/__init__ resolves its facade lazily (PEP 562)
and pm.registry loads the built-in package definitions on first read instead of
at import: `import hermes_bootstrap` now loads pm + pm.environments only (25ms,
was 37ms with the eager facade dragging in the downloader). The stripped-payload
fixtures that ship only pre-import files keep working for the same reason.
Also restores two frozen-surface re-exports the F401 sweep dropped
(banner._github_compare_behind, cua_backend.resolve_cua_driver_cmd).
Merge ethie/shared-product-builders with the CI dependency cache and native Windows setup work. Preserve UTF-8 diagnostics in the shared Python environment runner. Pass a persistent cache through isolated native staging and PM-runtime construction. Reuse one Windows prerequisite installer from source setup, native adapters, and CI, preserving Rust homes across HOME isolation.
Verified 85 targeted Python tests (5 host skips), 18 JavaScript tests, workflow validation, and scoped lint/typecheck. On native Windows ARM64, five prerequisite contracts passed and the actual shared provider reused OpenSSL, compiled its header with MSVC, and retained Rust under isolated HOME. Full signed distribution builds and live Actions cache transfer remain CI verification.
Build TUI, web, desktop UI and runnable agent products from explicit
prepared inputs. Keep dependency preparation separate from distribution
packaging, with PM and native builds sharing uv environment construction.
Docker copies compiled frontend products instead of build dependencies.
Nix retains uv2nix environments and consumes shared assembly through store
references. Native desktop and Termux use the same launcher and frontend
contracts. Preserve the independent PM runtime and source imports from
arbitrary working directories.
Keep failed frontend builds from replacing the previous product, reject
source/output overlap, and bound dependency-process output draining.
Include hermes_wisdom in the Nix wheel: real CLI smoke tests exposed its
missing package declaration on the base revision too.
Verified focused Python and JavaScript suites, Docker build/runtime checks,
Nix desktop and CLI/ACP checks, standalone TUI and packaged Electron PTY,
and real full-Chromium interaction. Native signed installers, Android device
installation and the full repository suite remain CI verification.
Activation reaches plugin discovery before the application dependencies
exist. Give PM its own locked Python project and runtime so it can install
or repair the application without importing that dependency tree.
Keep PM outside the application workspace. A shared uv workspace resolves
the application graph and cannot provide this isolation. Route mutations
through an isolated worker and preserve transaction callbacks, cancellation,
custom package registrations, and correlated receipts.
Use the same runtime builder for source installs and packaged payloads.
Keep offline wheelhouse support in that builder. Nix builds the independent
PM lock as a separate derivation. Refuse lazy-disabled bootstrap before
installing tools or dependencies.
Move first-party YAML readers and writers to ruamel. Keep the application
lock's transitive PyYAML requirements for third-party packages.
Verification:
- Focused canonical Python suite: 177 passed, 1 host-gated skip.
- Electron backend probes: 12 passed. Electron typecheck passed.
- Both uv locks, scoped lint, Bash syntax, and whitespace checks passed.
- Cold activation, corrupt-app repair, offline staging, and relocation ran.
- Built and exercised the Nix PM runtime and standalone YAML merge script.
Six broader caller test files retain the same 24 failing test IDs as an
archive of HEAD. The existing real-home guard blocks those tests before
they can exercise the affected paths. No full-suite pass is claimed.
Native Windows signing and full Bionic package execution remain unverified.
