Re: Questions regarding Python packaging

[Lars-Dominik Braun]

Hi again,

> No, try
> 
>       git clone https://github.com/pypa/pep517.git
>       cd pep517
>       pip wheel --use-pep517 -v .
> 
> which has no setup.py and uses flit instead. pip can build it, because
> it supports PEP 517-based builds. As I said, if we decide to keep it
> bundled with our python package, there’s no good reason to choose
> pypa-build.
I now have a proof of concept for a pip-based python-build-system, see
1st patch. The changeset is quite small, but it does not handle testing
at all right now.

Note that alot of setuptools-based packages lack a dependency on
python-wheel (2nd patch; pardon the whitespace errors), which is
required when using pyproject.toml (and also declared there, but our
Python importer cannot read that file yet). But – as expected – that’s
really the only issue I’ve encountered while rebuilding alot of Python
packages so far.

Cheers,
Lars

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