Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 22:29:57 -0500 From: Yoshihiro Ota <ota@j.email.ne.jp> To: Teran McKinney <sega01@go-beyond.org> Cc: ota@j.email.ne.jp, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding support for py-package w/ setup.cfg but w/o setup.py Message-ID: <20220104222957.6901cace538fbd05750c5512@j.email.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <YdT7Kt0YYDmV7mdU@daemon> References: <20220104194633.e087cd0f7dd8be67eae5c589@j.email.ne.jp> <YdT7Kt0YYDmV7mdU@daemon>
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 01:58:02 +0000 Teran McKinney <sega01@go-beyond.org> wrote: > On 2022-01-04 19-46-33 , Yoshihiro Ota wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently create a new PyPI tool for FreeBSD. > > Based on PyPI's instruction, I have setup.cfg only without setup.py. > > https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/ suggests go with setup.cfg > > only for simplicity. > > > > I'm now trying to make a port for it. > > However, FreeBSD ports expects a setup.py file. > > > > It looks if we can run "from setuptools import setup; setup()" in Mk/Uses/python.mk if PYSETUP > > file doesn't exit. > > > > I'm wondering if some FreeBSD python port expert can consider no PYSETUP file configuration. > > > > Hiro > > Hi Hiro, > > For packages without a setup.py, in many cases there may be a > pyproject.toml with PEP-518 support. Some of these use setuptools > still, others may use Poetry, flit, etc. > > For these, build should usually be used. python3.9 -m build, etc. > > As far as how this plays out with ports, I'm not sure exactly, but > wanted to put my two cents out there. > > -Teran > Hi Teran, That's interesting. There is a section about pyproject.toml, https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/#creating-pyproject-toml. Indeed, I had run 'python3 -m build' to create a PyPI package following the steps. So, that's a different way to build from 'distutils', isn't it? Some dots started connecting, at last. Hiro
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