[Design] Proposal for pylibseekdb Build Information

[zamaoxiaoji]

Task Description

Currently, pylibseekdb users have no way to determine the exact build information of the library they are using, such as:

• Commit ID (Git revision)
• Version number
• Build date and time
• Build branch
• Build flags

Solution Description

Currently, pylibseekdb users have no way to determine the exact build information of the library they are using, such as:

• Commit ID (Git revision)
• Version number
• Build date and time
• Build branch
• Build flags

Passed Regressions

Verify output matches expected format after build:

python3 -c "import libseekdb_python as seekdb; seekdb.print_version()"

Expected output format:

pylibseekdb (OceanBase seekdb 1.1.0.0)
REVISION: 1-<git-sha>
BUILD_BRANCH: <branch-name>
BUILD_TIME: <date> <time>
BUILD_FLAGS: <build-type>

Upgrade Compatibility

• __version__: Currently exists but returns data version (e.g., "1.1.0.0"). We will keep this behavior or enhance it to return PACKAGE_VERSION which is more meaningful for users.
• New APIs: build_info, print_version(), get_version_string() are purely additive and do not break existing code.
• Requires Python 3.6+ (same as existing pylibseekdb requirement)
• Uses standard pybind11 bindings, no special Python version dependencies

[hnwyllmm]

This solution will fix #110.

[hnwyllmm]

This solution looks great!