Supported python version not found on self-hosted runner

[elderlabs]

Description:
I have a self-hosted runner; Github's hosted runners aren't cheap at scale. It runs x86 Debian linux. Why? Ubuntu is bloated and Canonical is full of bad production practices. [fite me] My build action fails to run because setup-python possibly searches with platform_version instead of arch and platform alone.

Action version:
v5

Platform:

• Ubuntu Linux x86

Runner type:

• Self-hosted

Tools version:
All.

Repro steps:
Working in elderlabs/BetterDisco with build.yml.

Expected behavior:
I expect setup-python to treat the distro agnostically, or at the least, support Ubuntu's parent distro -- rather, not locked to Ubuntu alone. I understand this is the linux distro Github offers with their hosted runners, but they also allow self-hosted linux runners that aren't running Ubuntu. At the least, an override that's able to skip the platform_version would be a nice-to-have. Python is python, and in theory it should be able to work in most (linux) places identically.

Actual behavior:

The version '3.12.7' with architecture 'x64' was not found for Debian n/a.
The list of all available versions can be found here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/actions/python-versions/main/versions-manifest.json

If a patch can be pushed for difficult people like me, I'd be grateful. Thank you.

EDIT: This may be a variant of #716, though in my instance, I'm not looking for the ability to override outside of my action file, merely the treatment of linux universally.

[aparnajyothi-y]

Hello @elderlabs, Thank you for creating this issue and we will look into it :)

[priya-kinthali]

Hello @elderlabs 👋,
Thank you for your input. Currently, our support for Python distributions is limited to the operating systems available on our GitHub-hosted runners. We appreciate your feedback and will consider incorporating broader support in future updates.

This issue appears to be more of a feature request rather than a bug, and we will update the label accordingly.

[mahabaleshwars]

Hi @elderlabs,

Currently, our support for Python distributions is limited to the operating systems available on GitHub-hosted runners. While supporting non-Ubuntu Linux distributions could be useful, it introduces additional complexity and maintenance overhead. To ensure a stable experience, we focus on the platforms available on our hosted runners. You can refer to the setup-python documentation for more information.

We are closing this issue now. Please feel free to reach out for any other issues.