+1 on making python_build a standard package. - Marc
On Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 10:44:36 PM UTC-5 Matthias Koeppe wrote: > We added python_build as an optional "pip" package (see > https://deploy-livedoc--sagemath.netlify.app/html/en/developer/packaging#package-types > for > the terminology), > - > https://deploy-livedoc--sagemath.netlify.app/html/en/reference/spkg/python_build#spkg-python-build > (added > in 2022). > > "python_build" (a.k.a. pypa/build) is the current standard front-end for > making source distributions and wheels from a Python source tree. It has > replaced the deprecated practices of calling "setup.py sdist" or "setup.py > bdist_wheel" directly. We already use it for building the modularized > distribution packages. Making it a standard package will allow us to > modernize the build infrastructure (front-end) for the Sage library in the > Sage distribution. > > I'm proposing to make it a standard package according to the procedures in > our developer guide. Per our policy, that's a "normal" package, so its > dependency pyproject_hooks will also be added. The PR is prepared in > https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37300 > > This is a re-do of my proposal > https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/MIU-xo9b7pc/m/NsyUa7iXAgAJ whose > discussion was stalled by commenters bundling it with political demands. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/6bb5958c-04a7-4f8f-bf94-79b9dc7139a5n%40googlegroups.com.
