Function isDefaultKernelSpec

src/kernels/helpers.ts:146–168

(kernelspec: IJupyterKernelSpec)

}

export function isDefaultKernelSpec(kernelspec: IJupyterKernelSpec) {
    // // When we create kernlespecs, we change the name to include a unique id.
    // // We need to look at the name of the original kernelspec that was created on disc.
    // // E.g. assume we're loading a kernlespec for a default Python kernel, the name would be `python3`
    // // However we give this a completely different name, and at that point its not possible to determine
    // // whether this is a default kernel or not.
    // // Hence determine the original name based on the original kernelspec file.
    const originalSpecFile = kernelspec.metadata?.vscode?.originalSpecFile || kernelspec.metadata?.originalSpecFile;
    const name = originalSpecFile ? path.basename(path.dirname(originalSpecFile)) : kernelspec.name || '';
    const displayName = kernelspec.metadata?.vscode?.originalDisplayName || kernelspec.display_name || '';

    // If the user creates a kernelspec with a name `python4` or changes the display
    // name of kernel `python3` to `Hello World`, then we'd still treat them as default kernelspecs,
    // The expectation is for users to use unique names & display names for their kernelspecs.
    if (
        name.toLowerCase().match(isDefaultPythonKernelSpecName) ||
        displayName.toLowerCase() === 'python 3 (ipykernel)' ||
        displayName.toLowerCase() === 'python 3'
    ) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

/**
 * When creating remote sessions, we generate bogus names for the notebook.