Re: Python: Switch from distutils to pep517

Nuno Teixeira wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> How is the status of switching from deprecated distutils to pep517 build?
> I remember some time ago to see some changes but it seems to stalled now.
> 
Not stalled. Not every Python package in the wild has flipped to PEP-517 
yet.
> For people upgrading to pep517, are depends correct?
> 
> BUILD_DEPENDS= \
> ${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
> ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
> 
> Or ${PY_SETUPTOOLS} should be replaced with ?
> ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR}
> 
The latter. Originally I implemented ${PY_SETUPTOOLS} when 
devel/py-setuptools58 was still viable for the remaining 
USE_PYTHON=distutils cases, but both significant changes in later 
devel/py-pyproject-hooks breaking setuptools 58 (and rendering 
maintenance uneconomical) and continued maintenance of setup() direct 
execution obviated that plan. Until I update devel/py-setuptools itself, 
which will specify devel/py-wheel as both {BUILD,RUN}_DEPENDS, you will 
need to also specify the latter in each setuptools PEP-517 consumer.

I will update the documentation (mostly the wiki?) accordingly.

-- 
Charlie Li
...nope, still don't have an exit line.