future plugin format after eggs
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2024 2:06 am
Paging @Cas
Is there any clarity as to where we'll be moving to from the egg format? Found your github issue on how wheels do not fit the bill and u/jaraco raised discussion that seems to have run its course with no alternatives as a result.
Note our docs on plugin development still guides users to eggs. Think we should at least add a deprecation warning there and say how things are.
Running python setup.py bdist_egg now produces following warning:
Afraid it's only matter of time 'til setuptools removes bdist_egg support.
For the uninitiated, there are two problems:
- egg format is deprecated, and
- invoking setup.py directly is also deprecated (see the warning above), whilst newer build tools do not support producing eggs at all.
Is there any clarity as to where we'll be moving to from the egg format? Found your github issue on how wheels do not fit the bill and u/jaraco raised discussion that seems to have run its course with no alternatives as a result.
Note our docs on plugin development still guides users to eggs. Think we should at least add a deprecation warning there and say how things are.
Running python setup.py bdist_egg now produces following warning:
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/home/basher/.pyenv/versions/plugin-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated.
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Please avoid running ``setup.py`` directly.
Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer or other
standards-based tools.
See https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html for details.
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!!For the uninitiated, there are two problems:
- egg format is deprecated, and
- invoking setup.py directly is also deprecated (see the warning above), whilst newer build tools do not support producing eggs at all.