Build option to dynamically set abi3 version about maturin HOT 9 OPEN

To be able to take advantage of improvements (e.g. performance) on newer versions, while maintaining compatibility.

The specific improvement that motivated us to do this was https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/blob/main/src/impl_/pymodule.rs#L83-L119

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Do you think support for something like "auto" abi3, where it used the current Python's version is possible?

I think we can support this, we can change maturin to use the current Python's version when abi3 feature is enabled without an explicit abi3-pyXY feature, and print a message about this behavior of course.

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What's the motivation for targeting multiple abi3 versions instead of the lowest supported?

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I think it's already possible by using MATURIN_PEP517_ARGS env var or --config-settings, for example

pip wheel --config-settings=build-args='--features abi3-py312'

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Ah, that will be respected? Let me test it. Thanks!

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Hmm, it fails when building an sdist with:

Caused by: You have selected the abi3 feature but not a minimum version (e.g. the abi3-py36 feature). maturin needs a minimum version feature to build abi3 wheels.

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I guess it fails everywhere except the places I passed that argument.

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To follow up on this, it's missing a key element that setuptools-rust "auto" provides: using abi3 with the current python if nothing is explicitly provided.

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Do you think support for something like "auto" abi3, where it used the current Python's version is possible?

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