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Re: [PATCH v3 02/15] python: add qemu package installer
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John Snow |
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Re: [PATCH v3 02/15] python: add qemu package installer |
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Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:02:52 -0400 |
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On 10/28/20 11:10 AM, Cleber Rosa wrote:
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 03:35:42PM -0400, John Snow wrote:
Add setup.cfg and setup.py, necessary for installing a package via
pip. Add a rst document explaining the basics of what this package is
for and who to contact for more information. This document will be used
as the landing page for the package on PyPI.
I am not yet using a pyproject.toml style package manifest, because
using pyproject.toml (and PEP-517) style packages means that pip is not
able to install in "editable" or "develop" mode, which I consider
necessary for the development of this package.
Use a light-weight setup.py instead.
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
python/PACKAGE.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
python/setup.cfg | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
python/setup.py | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 python/PACKAGE.rst
create mode 100755 python/setup.cfg
create mode 100755 python/setup.py
diff --git a/python/PACKAGE.rst b/python/PACKAGE.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b82f32f489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/PACKAGE.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+QEMU Python Tooling
+===================
+
+This package provides QEMU tooling used by the QEMU project to build,
+configure, and test QEMU. It is not a fully-fledged SDK and it is subject
+to change at any time.
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+The ``qemu.qmp`` subpackage provides a library for communicating with
+QMP servers. The ``qemu.machine`` subpackage offers rudimentary
+facilities for launching and managing QEMU processes. Refer to each
+pacakge's documentation
Typo here: s/pacakge/package/
oops,
+(``>>> help(qemu.qmp)``, ``>>> help(qemu.machine)``)
+for more information.
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+This package is maintained by John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> as part of
+the QEMU source tree. Contributions are welcome and follow the `QEMU
+patch submission process
+<https://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch>`_. There is a `Gitlab
Git*L*ab. Given that we're also under a company named with two words,
better given them that :)
They can send me a paycheck if they want me to adhere to their brand
standards!
(But, OK.)
+mirror <https://gitlab.com/jsnow/qemu/-/tree/python>`_, but
+contributions must be sent to the list for inclusion.
IMO it's not clear if this branch/mirror is your development work, a
staging area, etc.
Fair enough. jsnow/qemu/python is intended as a staging area for patches
that have been vetted on-list.
jsnow/qemu/master is a lazily-updated mirror. (I tend to update it every
day as part of my development process, but there are days I don't write
code.)
jsnow/qemu/python-* is development work; review branches, etc.
I'll try to rephrase this a bit. What I want to communicate:
- This package exists as a subfolder of a larger project
- I am responsible for maintaining this package, but not for the larger
project
- Please contact *me* for problems with this package
- Contributions should go through qemu-devel (I will gently redirect
contributors who may send pull requests to the qemu devel list.)
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..12b99a796e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[metadata]
+name = qemu
+maintainer = QEMU Developer Team
+maintainer_email = qemu-devel@nongnu.org
+url = https://www.qemu.org/
+download_url = https://www.qemu.org/download/
+description = QEMU Python Build, Debug and SDK tooling.
+long_description = file:PACKAGE.rst
+long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
+classifiers =
+ Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+ License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)
+ Natural Language :: English
+ Operating System :: OS Independent
+
Also ... licensing question, do we need *L*GPLv2, or does Python not
have a "linking exception" problem?
I guess we can't really re-license these files anyway, so nevermind.
(I immediately regret asking this.)
I know the sky is the limit, but I miss the Python version classifier,
at least:
Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Sure.
Wait, why can you specify Python as a language? Is it possible to have
non-Python packages on PyPI?
*CONCERNED*
And optionally those:
Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Although it may be a good idea to add them along test jobs on those
specific Python versions.
Are these worth adding? I've got python_requires >= 3.6 down below. From
my test of a blank package upload to PyPI, it seems to display prominently:
https://pypi.org/project/qemu/
Is there a tangible benefit that you are aware of?
+[options]
+python_requires = >= 3.6
+packages = find_namespace:
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e93d0075d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+QEMU tooling installer script
+Copyright (c) 2020 John Snow for Red Hat, Inc.
+"""
+
+import setuptools
+import pkg_resources
+
+
+def main():
+ """
+ QEMU tooling installer
+ """
+
+ #
https://medium.com/@daveshawley/safely-using-setup-cfg-for-metadata-1babbe54c108
+ pkg_resources.require('setuptools>=39.2')
Getting back to the "test jobs on those specific Python versions" I
was really anxious that environments with Python 3.6 will fail to
have such a "recent" setuptools version.
Reasonable doubt. However, this isn't *required* to use the library (the
QEMU code can continue to just set PYTHONPATH or sys.path as necessary)
and bypasses the installer entirely.
That gives us some leeway apart from the usual version constraints; in
order to independently use this library outside of the QEMU tree we may
impose more modern setups -- as long as the minimum requirements for
QEMU itself don't break.
Having a modern setuptools in order to install seems like less of a
problem barrier; and it seemed like a good idea to make it explicitly
fail instead of silently doing something weird if it didn't
see/understand setup.cfg.
(And it seems like good practice to update pip in your venv, so I think
we'll be OK except for the stodgiest of users, but sometimes you can't
have new things on old systems without learning some new tricks!)
CentOS 8 has that specific version, while Ubuntu 18.04 has version
39.0. Ubuntu 20.04 has a recent enough version though. Given that
all GitLab CI moved to 20.04, this should be safe.
- Cleber.
FWIW, for the purposes of running the linters, I am using Fedora32 and
the python36 package.
+
+ setuptools.setup()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()
--
2.26.2
[PATCH v3 01/15] python: create qemu packages, John Snow, 2020/10/20
[PATCH v3 03/15] python: add VERSION file, John Snow, 2020/10/20