setup.py is deprecated

[RalfJung]

setup.py is deprecated

[RalfJung]

According to https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html we should use pip install. How do you pip install a local package though? This deprecation is handled frustratingly bad. :/

[RalfJung]

pip install ./broker just shows an error message here

error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
    python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
    install.
    
    If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
    create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
    Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
    sure you have python3-full installed.
    
    If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
    it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
    virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.
    
    See /usr/share/doc/python3.11/README.venv for more information.

note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.

So... I guess we'll just keep using setup.py install because it is the only thing that works. 🤷

[mitar]

Is this inside CI? So you should probably create venv: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html

[RalfJung]

That's just on my host. I've always found venvs to be too annoying in everyday life to want to deal with them... Rust gives me per-project isolation without me having to manually "activate" anything. :/