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