I am opening this PR as a draft; it will be needed in the future given changes in the Python distribution. Please feel free to contribute, as it is likely I will not have the time to figure everything out.
I have tried to identify instances where distutils is used and replace them with equivalent calls from either setuptools or sysconfig. In some places, things work, but in others, they do not.
Something of potential interest is setuptools indicating that the setup.py approach is deprecated. Instead, pyproject.toml and setup.cfg files should be used, in combination with the build and pip packages. A fluidity package can be built this way, but I am not sure if it is relevant.
Closes #346
I am opening this PR as a draft; it will be needed in the future given changes in the Python distribution. Please feel free to contribute, as it is likely I will not have the time to figure everything out.
I have tried to identify instances where
distutilsis used and replace them with equivalent calls from eithersetuptoolsorsysconfig. In some places, things work, but in others, they do not.Something of potential interest is
setuptoolsindicating that thesetup.pyapproach is deprecated. Instead,pyproject.tomlandsetup.cfgfiles should be used, in combination with thebuildandpippackages. A fluidity package can be built this way, but I am not sure if it is relevant.