Here is my attempt. The SConstruct (like a Makefile) builds the extension. The .toml file gives the static metadata. No need to put the two in the same file.
https://bitbucket.org/dholth/cryptacular/src/tip/SConstruct https://bitbucket.org/dholth/cryptacular/src/tip/pyproject.toml On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 10:11 AM Alex Grönholm <alex.gronh...@nextday.fi> wrote: > 23.07.2016, 17:04, Thomas Kluyver kirjoitti: > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2016, at 02:32 PM, Alex Grönholm wrote: > >> I'm -1 on this because requirements.txt is not really the standard way > >> to list dependencies. > >> In the Python world, setup.py is the equivalent of Node's package.json. > >> But as it is > >> Python code, it cannot so easily be programmatically modified. > > Packaging based on declarative metadata: > > http://flit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ > > </blowing_own_trumpet> > > > > We have a bit of a divide. Specifying dependencies in setup.py (or > > flit.ini, or upcoming pyproject.toml) is the standard for library and > > tool packages that are intended to be published on PyPI and installed > > with pip. requirements.txt is generally used for applications which will > > be distributed or deployed by other means. > > > > As I understand it, in the Javascript world package.json is used in both > > cases. Is that something Python should try to emulate? Is it hard to > > achieve given the limitations of setup.py that you pointed out? > This topic has been beaten to death. There is no way to cram the > complexities of C extension compilation setup into purely declarative > metadata. Distutils2 tried and failed. Just look at the setup.py files > of some popular projects and imagine all that logic expressed in > declarative metadata. > > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig >
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