From f1ffb180bc34e16648fa2e83378244dabc60af7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ophestra <cat@gensokyo.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:50:36 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] internal/rosa: optionally block packages from early stages

This helps avoid inadvertently increasing bootstrap input count.

Signed-off-by: Ophestra <cat@gensokyo.uk>
---
 internal/rosa/package/python/package.az |  3 +++
 internal/rosa/rosa.go                   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 internal/rosa/state.go                  |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/rosa/package/python/package.az b/internal/rosa/package/python/package.az
index 6678409e..eb159e10 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/package/python/package.az
+++ b/internal/rosa/package/python/package.az
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package python {
 	website = "https://www.python.org";
 	anitya = 13254;
 
+	// too many inputs; early variant available
+	bootstrap = false;
+
 	version# = "3.14.7";
 	source = remoteTar {
 		url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/"+version+
diff --git a/internal/rosa/rosa.go b/internal/rosa/rosa.go
index f5a67a98..32c1bd00 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/rosa.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/rosa.go
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ type PackageAttr struct {
 	// Whether to replace /usr/bin/ with a symlink to /bin/.
 	PopulateUsrBin bool
 
+	// Whether this package is disallowed from bootstrap stages.
+	Std bool
 	// Hint for an early variant of toybox to be used when available.
 	Early bool
 	// Whether to omit output colour environment variables.
@@ -375,6 +377,14 @@ func (t Toolchain) Append(a []pkg.Artifact, handles ...ArtifactH) []pkg.Artifact
 	return a
 }
 
+// A BootstrapError describes a package disallowed from bootstrap stages.
+type BootstrapError string
+
+func (e BootstrapError) Error() string {
+	return "package " + strconv.Quote(string(e)) +
+		" must not be built by bootstrap stages"
+}
+
 // New constructs a [pkg.Artifact] via a build system helper.
 func (t Toolchain) New(
 	name, version string,
@@ -387,6 +397,10 @@ func (t Toolchain) New(
 		attr = new(PackageAttr)
 	}
 
+	if attr.Std && !t.stage.isStd() {
+		panic(BootstrapError(name))
+	}
+
 	if name == "" || version == "" {
 		panic("name must be non-empty")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/rosa/state.go b/internal/rosa/state.go
index 9d864a53..767038ba 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/state.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/state.go
@@ -998,6 +998,8 @@ func (ctx *evalContext) pf(
 		overlay string
 
 		inputs, runtimes, extra azalea.Array
+
+		bootstrap = true
 	)
 	if err = args.Apply(map[unique.Handle[azalea.Ident]]any{
 		k("description"): &meta.Description,
@@ -1020,6 +1022,7 @@ func (ctx *evalContext) pf(
 		k("exclusive"):      &attr.Exclusive,
 		k("toyboxEarly"):    &attr.Early,
 		k("minimal"):        &attr.NoToolchain,
+		k("bootstrap"):      &bootstrap,
 
 		k("checksum"): &kc,
 		k("output"):   &output,
@@ -1032,6 +1035,7 @@ func (ctx *evalContext) pf(
 	}); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
+	attr.Std = !bootstrap
 	var inputsH, extraH P
 	if inputsH, err = toHandles(inputs); err != nil {
 		return