Please upload a wheel package to pypi

[smurfix]

Builds using PEP517 and pyproject.toml no longer play nicely with pypi packages that require legacy build tools instead of simply installing a .whl file.

Please upload one.

[EwoutH]

I'm currently also getting the following warning:

DEPRECATION: docopt is being installed using the legacy 'setup.py install' method, because it does not have a 'pyproject.toml' and the 'wheel' package is not installed. pip 23.1 will enforce this behaviour change. A possible replacement is to enable the '--use-pep517' option. Discussion can be found at pypa/pip#8559

@mboersma, @graingert or @keleshev, could one of you look into this?

[graingert]

@EwoutH I don't have access to pypi for the docopt project

[graingert]

You probably want https://github.com/jazzband/docopt-ng

[mboersma]

AFACT, none of us have access to the pypi account except docopt's founder @keleshev, and we've failed to contact him for years. So docopt is effectively prevented from publishing a new release.

I very much encourage you to try docopt-ng!

[EwoutH]

Thanks! I will definitely check out docopt-ng!

FYI, there are options to take over an abandoned PyPI package. This is a bit cumbersome but a lot easier if you’re already maintainer of the project. I 5ink contacting PyPI could go a long way.

See for more details: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20732179/pypi-can-i-claim-to-be-the-new-maintainer-of-an-unmaintained-package

It should fall under this section of the PEP 541: https://peps.python.org/pep-0541/#continued-maintenance-of-an-abandoned-project

[MrMino]

This would be my last ditch attempt for this: sorry for spamming @keleshev, but can we please have this?

It only requires you to run pip wheel . in the root of the repo and upload the resulting file to pypi.