669 modernize packaging

.gitignore

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ notebooks/.ipynb_checkpoints/
 
 flexmeasures/ui/static/documentation
 documentation/img/screenshot_*
+generic_asset_fm_user_ownership.sql
 
 uml_diagram.png
 db_schema.png

Makefile

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ install-deps:
 	pip-sync requirements/app.txt
 
 install-flexmeasures:
-	python setup.py develop
+	pip install -e
 
 install-pip-tools:
 	pip3 install -q "pip-tools>=6.4"

documentation/changelog.rst

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Infrastructure / Support
 ----------------------
 
 * The setting FLEXMEASURES_PLUGINS can be set as environment variable now (as a comma-separated list) [see `PR #660 <https://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/660>`_]
+* Packaging was modernized to stop calling setup.py directly [see `PR #671 <https://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/671>`_]
 * Remove API versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 2.0, while allowing hosts to switch between ``HTTP status 410 (Gone)`` and ``HTTP status 404 (Not Found)`` responses [see `PR #667 <https://www.github.com/FlexMeasures/flexmeasures/pull/667>`_]
 
 .. warning:: The setting `FLEXMEASURES_PLUGIN_PATHS` has been deprecated since v0.7. It has now been sunset. Please replace it with :ref:`plugin-config`.

setup.py

@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ def load_requirements(use_case):
     install_requires=load_requirements("app"),
     setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
     use_scm_version={"local_scheme": "no-local-version"},  # handled by setuptools_scm
-    packages=find_packages(),  # will include *.py files and some other types
+    packages=find_packages()
+    + [
+        "flexmeasures.ui.templates",
+        "flexmeasures.ui.static",
+    ],  # will include *.py files and some other types
     include_package_data=True,  # now setuptools_scm adds all files under source control
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [

to_pypi.sh

@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ pip -q install twine
 pip -q install wheel
 
 echo "[TO_PYPI] Packaging ..."
-python setup.py egg_info sdist
-python setup.py egg_info bdist_wheel
+python -m build
 
 if [ "$1" == "--dry-run" ]; then
     echo "[TO_PYPI] Not uploading to Pypi (--dry-run active) ..."