fully switch to pyproject.toml

.flake8

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[flake8]
+exclude =
+    .git,
+    __pycache__,
+    docs/source/conf.py,
+    old,
+    build,
+    dist,
+    pyvisa/thirdparty/*,
+    visa.py,
+ignore = E203, E266, E501, W503, E731
+# line length is intentionally set to 80 here because pyvisa uses Bugbear
+# See https://github.com/psf/black/blob/master/README.md#line-length for more details
+max-line-length = 80
+max-complexity = 18
+select = B,C,E,F,W,T4,B9
+per-file-ignores =
+    pyvisa/__init__.py:E402
+    pyvisa/constants.py:E221

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,105 @@
+[project]
+name = "PyVISA"
+description = "Python VISA bindings for GPIB, RS232, TCPIP and USB instruments"
+readme = "README.rst"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+authors = [
+  {name = "Torsten Bronger", email = "bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de"},
+  {name = "Gregor Thalhammer"}
+]
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "Matthieu C. Dartiailh", email = "m.dartiailh@gmail.com"}
+]
+keywords = [
+    "VISA",
+    "GPIB",
+    "USB",
+    "serial",
+    "RS232",
+    "measurement",
+    "acquisition",
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Interface Engine/Protocol Translator",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "typing_extensions",
+    "importlib-metadata; python_version<'3.8'",
+    "dataclasses; python_version<'3.7'",
+]
+dynamic=["version"]
+
+
+[project.urls]
+homepage = "https://github.com/pyvisa/pyvisa"
+documentation = "https://pyvisa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
+repository = "https://github.com/pyvisa/pyvisa"
+changelog = "https://github.com/pyvisa/pyvisa/blob/main/doc/CHANGES"
+
+[project.scripts]
+pyvisa-shell = "pyvisa.cmd_line_tools:visa_shell"
+pyvisa-info = "pyvisa.cmd_line_tools:visa_info"
+
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.2", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "pyvisa/version.py"
+write_to_template = """
+# This file is auto-generated by setuptools-scm do NOT edit it.
+
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+#: A namedtuple of the version info for the current release.
+_version_info = namedtuple("_version_info", "major minor micro status")
+
+parts = "{version}".split(".", 3)
+version_info = _version_info(
+    int(parts[0]),
+    int(parts[1]),
+    int(parts[2]),
+    parts[3] if len(parts) == 4 else "",
+)
+
+# Remove everything but the 'version_info' from this module.
+del namedtuple, _version_info, parts
+
+__version__ = "{version}"
+"""
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 88  # Enforce the default value
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+minversion = "6.0"
+
+[tool.mypy]
+follow_imports = "normal"
+strict_optional = true
+
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = [
+    "pyvisa.thirdparty.*",
+]
+ignore_errors = true
+
+[tool.isort]
+profile = "black"
+skip = ["pyvisa/thirdparty/prettytable.py", "pyvisa/__init__.py"]
+