ENH: Provide musllinux build for aarch64 as well

[der-eismann]

Feature Type

• Adding new functionality to pandas

• Changing existing functionality in pandas

• Removing existing functionality in pandas

Problem Description

We usually build our container images based on python-alpine to reduce their size, however colleagues with Apple Silicon-based devices are unable to build these images, since there are no musllinux builds for aarch64, only x64. So analogue to numpy/numpy#24934 I would kindly ask you to add these wheels as well.

Feature Description

Just add a musllinux aarch64 target to your build pipelines.

Alternative Solutions

None.

Additional Context

No response

[lithomas1]

Sure, we'll add them if numpy adds them. I think the concerns raised there are valid.

[majakubiec]

Hi @lithomas1,

It looks like numpy added musllinux build for aarch64 in 1.26.2: https://pypi.org/project/numpy/1.26.2/#files
numpy/numpy#25003

Can pandas have it now too?

[lithomas1]

Sure, I'll mark this for 2.2, then.

[der-eismann]

Awesome, thank you very much to everyone involved!