[Docutils-develop] [docutils:patches] #186 Modernise packaging

[engelbert g. <gr...@us...>]

tox uses setup.py.
to disable either set isolated_build or skipsdist to True                                                                                                    

for an isolated build flit will be installed.

Question which other tools, processes rely on setup.py ?


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** [patches:#186] Modernise packaging**

**Status:** open
**Group:** None
**Created:** Fri Dec 31, 2021 03:16 AM UTC by Adam  Turner
**Last Updated:** Sat Jan 15, 2022 03:52 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody
**Attachments:**

- [0001-Use-flit-and-pyproject.toml.patch](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/patches/186/attachment/0001-Use-flit-and-pyproject.toml.patch) (12.2 kB; application/octet-stream)
- [0002-Use-entry-points.patch](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/patches/186/attachment/0002-Use-entry-points.patch) (20.7 kB; application/octet-stream)
- [0003-update-docs-etc-after-packaging-changes.patch](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/patches/186/attachment/0003-update-docs-etc-after-packaging-changes.patch) (49.3 kB; application/octet-stream)


Hi,

I had a go at modernising the packaging stack. `setup.py` based invocations have been deprecated (https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html), and setuptools may remove them in the future. 

This takes the opportunity to move to a PEP 621 based declarative config, and also fixes a longstanding TODO item about providing script wappers for the frontend tools on windows, by migrating them to entry points.

I've updated install and development docs with the new guidance, and updated references to the frontend tools to remove `.py`, given they are now installed as proper scripts.

Hope this is appreciated -- happy to make revisions etc to help getting this merged.

A


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