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[bug#58587] [PATCH 00/14] Introducing pyproject-build-system.
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zimoun |
Subject: |
[bug#58587] [PATCH 00/14] Introducing pyproject-build-system. |
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Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:08:35 +0200 |
Hi Marius,
On jeu., 20 oct. 2022 at 01:11, Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org> wrote:
> Good idea, although I don't like to duplicate so much information from
> the build system description. Here is my attempt:
Cool!
> diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
> index b9260267fa..d12daa7ec3 100644
> --- a/doc/contributing.texi
> +++ b/doc/contributing.texi
> @@ -786,6 +786,21 @@ for instance, the module python-dateutil is packaged
> under the names
> starts with @code{py} (e.g.@: @code{pytz}), we keep it and prefix it as
> described above.
>
> +@quotation Note
> +Currently there are two different build systems for Python packages in Guix:
> +@var{python-build-system} and @var{pyproject-build-system}. For the
> +longest time, Python packages were built from an informally specified
> +@file{setup.py} file. That worked amazingly well, considering Pythons
^
typo?
> +success, but was difficult to build tooling around. As a result, a host
> +of alternative build systems emerged and the community eventually settled on
> a
> +@url{https://peps.python.org/pep-0517/, formal standard} for specifying build
> +requirements. @var{pyproject-build-system} is Guix's implementation of this
> +standard. It is considered ``experimental'' in that it does not yet support
> +all the various PEP-517 @emph{build backends}, but you are encouraged to try
> +it for new Python packages and report any problems. It will eventually be
> +deprecated and merged into @var{python-build-system}.
> +@end quotation
LTGM.
For the rest of the series, I have not yet given a look.
Cheers,
simon
- [bug#58587] [PATCH 09/14] gnu: python-glyphslib: Use pyproject-build-system., (continued)
[bug#58587] [PATCH 00/14] Introducing pyproject-build-system., zimoun, 2022/10/18
- [bug#58587] [PATCH 00/14] Introducing pyproject-build-system., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/18
- [bug#58587] [PATCH 00/14] Introducing pyproject-build-system., zimoun, 2022/10/19
- [bug#58587] [PATCH 00/14] Introducing pyproject-build-system., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/19
- [bug#58587] [PATCH 00/14] Introducing pyproject-build-system., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/19
- [bug#58587] [PATCH 00/14] Introducing pyproject-build-system.,
zimoun <=
- [bug#58587] [PATCH 00/14] Introducing pyproject-build-system., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22
- [bug#58587] [PATCH v2 01/22] gnu: python-setuptools: Move to python-build., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22
- [bug#58587] [PATCH v2 02/22] gnu: pypy: Move to separate module., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22
- [bug#58587] [PATCH v2 03/22] gnu: python-pip: Move to (gnu packages python-build)., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22
- [bug#58587] [PATCH v2 04/22] build-system: Add pyproject-build-system., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22
- [bug#58587] [PATCH v2 05/22] news: Add entry for 'pyproject-build-system'., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22
- [bug#58587] [PATCH v3 01/22] gnu: python-setuptools: Move to python-build., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22
- [bug#58587] [PATCH v3 09/22] gnu: weasyprint: Use pyproject-build-system., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22
- [bug#58587] [PATCH v3 08/22] gnu: python-pydyf: Use pyproject-build-system., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22
- [bug#58587] [PATCH v3 05/22] news: Add entry for 'pyproject-build-system'., Marius Bakke, 2022/10/22