scikit-build Community Meeting #20 July 19th, 2024 #1107

thewtex · 2024-07-19T17:22:03Z

thewtex
Jul 19, 2024
Maintainer

scikit-build-core updates
- setup-fortran GitHub Action C/CXX specification compatibility
- brew reinstall gfortran can be required
- pixi instead?
  - conda-forge also uses a forked flang that works with msvc
  - mingw on windows otherwise
- Related:
  - https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/the-difficulties-of-using-fortran-in-scipy/6753
How to associate license with vendorized cython-cmake, f2py-cython, ... ?
- See https://reuse.software/ and https://github.com/Kitware/vtk-book#license for an example
Passing config options through to plugins, e.g. hatchling plugin
- Not passed from the command line. See https://github.com/orgs/scikit-build/discussions/1106
- Can be passed through pyproject.toml
cross-compilation
- PEP 739 updates
- Describe a Python interpreter for cross-compilation
- Todo: scan to see if it includes all the information needed
- Can write a description in JSON by hand
- Can set up a cross-target with conda easily
Cross linking
- Add more cross links from scientific-python (https://learn.scientific-python.org/development/) to pyOpenSCI (https://www.pyopensci.org/)
cython
- semantics: "transpile"
- support usage that just gets the cython executable transpiler