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Migrate from setup.py to pyproject.toml

How to migrate a package repository

• Replace setup.py by pyproject.toml

• Say pip uninstall lino followed by pip install -e lino

• Check whether you need a __version__ variable.

How to get the version

Old:

from .setup_info import SETUP_INFO
__version__ = SETUP_INFO["version"]

New:

from xyz import __version__

For other metadata than the version, see usage example in synodal/make_code.py:

from importlib import metadata
description = metadata.metadata("xyz")['Summary']

How to release a new version after migrating from setup to pyproject

See How to release a new version.

How to get other metadata than the version

For example lino.core.site.Site.get_used_libs() wants the “url”, which is now in the [project.urls] table, under “Homepage” or “Repository” key.