119: Editable Python Installs, Packaging Standardization, and pyproject.toml - Brett Cannon

There's stuff going on in Python packaging and pyproject.toml.

Brett and I talk about some upcoming work on Python packaging, such as:

• editable installs
• the need for standardization
• configuration of other tools in pyproject.toml

And then get off on tangents and talk about:

• why it's good to have packages like pip, toml, setuptools, wheel, etc not part of the standard library
• should we remove some stuff from the standard library
• the standard library using unittest for testing the standard library
  • why not hypothesis
  • I didn't bring up "why not pytest?" but you know I was thinking it.
• why CPython and not C++Python
• and more

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Links:

• episode 52: pyproject.toml : the future of Python packaging - Brett Cannon
• Python Packaging Authority
• PEP 517 -- A build-system independent format for source trees
• PEP 518 -- Specifying Minimum Build System Requirements for Python Projects
• What the heck is pyproject.toml?
• Flit
• Poetry
• enscons
• toml
• setuptools
• distutils
• pip
• HTTPX