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Fix PEP 660 metadata preparation fallback #10577

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@sbidoul sbidoul commented Oct 12, 2021

When using pyproject.toml and the build backend does not support PEP 660, prepare metadata using build_metadata_for_build_wheel instead of setup.py egg_info. Fixes #10573.

Also fixes #10531, because this PR reworks and strengthen the detection of directories that are not python projects (i.e. they have neither a pyproject.toml nor a setup.py).

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sbidoul commented Oct 12, 2021

@pypa/pip-committers, @takluyver (as pep517 maintainer) I'd like to hear your opinion here.

Following my late realization that pip runs setup.py develop in an isolated environment when there is a pyproject.toml, I conclude that we need to make sure that the build environment is prepared with the correct dynamic build requirements before doing metadata preparation. [added] This means that using get_requires_for_build_editable is not correct when we later discover that the backend does not support PEP 660 and w fallback to setup.py develop.

Therefore we need to detect earlier if the build backend supports build_editable (PEP 660), i.e., before installing the build requirements, to decide if we call get_requires_for_build_wheel or get_requires_for_build_editable.

So I propose to add a mechanism to the pep517 library to query if the backend _supports_build_editable().

This actually nicely simplifies the frontend implementation, at the cost of one additional backend call to discover its capabilities.

Since there might be some urgency (#10573 being a regression), I propose to keep this mechanism private between pep517 (the library) and pip for now, until we eventually design a proper mechanism for pep517 to expose backend capabilities.

This is what I have done this in the second commit of this PR. Your comments are very much welcome.

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So I propose to add a mechanism to the pep517 library to query if the backend _supports_build_editable().

Should this be implemented as simply checking the existance of build_editable? I think this sounds reasonable as a stopgap; we can discuss the proper API after resolving the regression.

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sbidoul commented Oct 13, 2021

So I propose to add a mechanism to the pep517 library to query if the backend _supports_build_editable().

Should this be implemented as simply checking the existance of build_editable? I think this sounds reasonable as a stopgap; we can discuss the proper API after resolving the regression.

Yep, I don't see an alternative, so I'm continuing in that direction.

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sbidoul commented Oct 13, 2021

@pypa/pip-committers this is not ready to merge (see TODOs above), but this is now in good shape and ready to review and raise any concern you might have with this (which I hope there aren't many :).

source_dir=self.unpacked_source_directory,
isolated=self.isolated,
details=self.name or f"from {self.link}",
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At least prepare_metadata has become simpler.

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sbidoul commented Oct 14, 2021

All done from my side, here. Now we need a pep517 release.

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FYI: once the pep517 release is made, you'll want to rebase on main -- to get #10583 in this PR.

When there is a pyproject.toml, metadata preparation must be
done in the isolated build environment for legacy editable installs too
(fixes a regression).

Also detect earlier if an editable install must go through the
legacy install path, to be sure to run it in an environment
with the correct build requirements.
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sbidoul commented Oct 18, 2021

I vendored pep517 0.12 and rebased.

backend does not support :pep:`660`, prepare metadata using
``prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel`` instead of ``setup.py egg_info``. Also, refuse
installing projects that only have a ``setup.cfg`` and no ``setup.py`` nor
``pyproject.toml``. These restore the pre-21.3 behaviour.
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Is the second sentence (the Also one) duplicating the 10531 fragment? I feel it should appeat only once (unfortunately Towncrier does not offer a natural way to reference two issues in one fragment).

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It overlaps yes. This second one specifically covers editables and accepting it was a regression in 21.3 whereas 10531 is a fix of something introduced in 21.1 or 21.2.

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How does this change interact with non-pyproject.toml legacy setuptools editable installs (where we should still run setup.py egg_info without isolation)? I don't see special treatment of it here, does it go through another code path and is not relevant in this patch?

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sbidoul commented Oct 18, 2021

How does this change interact with non-pyproject.toml legacy setuptools editable installs (where we should still run setup.py egg_info without isolation)? I don't see special treatment of it here, does it go through another code path and is not relevant in this patch?

It should be covered in prepare_metadata (if use_pep517: ... else: prepare_metadata_legacy).

$ pip install -e setuppyonly/
Obtaining file:///home/me/tmp/setuppyonly
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Installing collected packages: toto
  Running setup.py develop for toto
Successfully installed toto-0.1

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pip install -e pyproject+setupcfg/
Obtaining file:///home/me/tmp/pyproject%2Bsetupcfg
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing wheel metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Installing collected packages: toto
  Running setup.py develop for toto
Successfully installed toto-0.0.0

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So mostly unrelated to the change made here. Thanks, that makes sense.

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sbidoul commented Oct 18, 2021

Which makes me think we should print Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) instead of Preparing wheel metadata (pyproject.toml)..., except in PEP 660 mode where we print Preparing editable metadata (pyproject.toml)...

Do not mention wheel, as this code path is also used
in legacy editable mode with isolation, where
no wheel is involved.

This also aligns with the new log entry for setup.py egg-info
which says "Preparing metadata (setup.py)".
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