An update: https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37300, which implemented what I proposed here, was positively reviewed (thanks, François!) and has been merged in the latest beta, 10.4.beta4.
Many thanks to all who participated in this poll. It's an illustration (1) that participation in our community matters, and (2) that keeping proper focus in discussions matters. My work over the years to bring the building and installation of Python packages in the Sage distribution to best practices can now proceed. The next step (in preparation since 2022): - "Use pypa/build instead of pip wheel" (https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/35618, *needs review*) On Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 8:44:36 PM UTC-7 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/c87dabeb-785f-452c-950b-25371aae5ecfn%40googlegroups.com.
