As in the previous attempt, I am OK with it becoming standard only if it remains a pip package, a no new "batteries are included".
As a matter of fact, there is no point in keeping Python toolchain packages vendored. They can all be pip packages just as well. On 10 April 2024 05:44:36 CEST, Matthias Koeppe <matthiaskoe...@gmail.com> 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/e6b74134-7ed7-4da4-8b41-bebeef5c1f15n%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/4133C84E-1CC6-41FF-9AB8-CCB28BAECF64%40gmail.com.
