Avoid use of setup.py (anything)
#1100
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area:package-building
feature:change
something exists already but should behave differently
help:wanted
Issues that have been acknowledged, a solution determined and a PR might likely be accepted.
In this comment, I describe an issue where tox invokes
setup.py --name
(not sure why exactly).As the Python Packaging ecosystem is seeking to discourage use of distutils and setuptools, and as PEP 517/518 provides a mechanism for other build systems to be in place, other projects like tox should seek to find replacements that avoid the invocation of setup.py and the issues that arise from using it.
In pypa/packaging-problems#224, I've begun the process of specifying what will be necessary to actually support this use-case (and similar). I'm creating this issue as a placeholder but also to investigate why
setup.py --name
is used and if it could possibly be replaced by something else before proper support for unbuilt package metadata is available.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: