Version 0.9.4

Version 0.9.4

This version supports the newly available free-threading variant of Python 3.13b1 (mostly related to skipping the stable ABI). We test this via the manylinux/musllinux images. There's also a new feature requested by third-party packagers: the ability to pass args directly to the build tool.

Features:

• Add build.tool-args by @henryiii in #733

Fixes:

• Support free-threaded builds of Python 3.13+ by @henryiii in #741
• Slightly better stable ABI behavior using PyPy by @henryiii in #741

Documentation:

• Fix example of configuration overrides in configuration.md by @wu-vincent in #739
• Update stable ABI instructions by @henryiii in #740

CI and testing:

• Use pylint 3.2, gha reporter by @henryiii in #745
• Some minor improvements to running tests on some systems by @henryiii in #741

New Contributors

• @wu-vincent made their first contribution in #739

Full Changelog: v0.9.3...v0.9.4

Version 0.9.3

This version ensures the Hatchling plugin correctly indicates editable mode is not yet supported, supports CMAKE_ARGS that have spaces, and has a bit of other minor cleanup.

What's Changed

Fixes:

• Properly indicate lack of editable support in Hatch plugin by @ofek in #728
• Don't generate entrypoints.txt if none set by @henryiii in #729
• Don't warn if lib not found on UNIX, just debug by @henryiii in #730
• Support CMAKE_ARGS that may have spaces inside quotes by @vyasr in #727

Docs:

• Add FAQ entry on repairing wheels by @henryiii in #731

CI and testing:

• Use macos-13 and macos-14 explicitly by @henryiii in #724
• macos-latest is changing to macos-14 ARM runners by @henryiii in #725

New Contributors

• @ofek made their first contribution in #728

Full Changelog: v0.9.2...v0.9.3

Version 0.9.2

Quick fix for quick fix in 0.9.1; if cmake is a broken script (which can happen if you pip install outside an environment then enter an environment, there was an unbound local error instead of ignoring the broken cmake script.

What's Changed

Fixes:

• Unbound local error by @henryiii in #719

Full Changelog: v0.9.1...v0.9.2

Version 0.9.1

Quick fix for Pyodide (WebAssembly) builds.

What's Changed

• Try --version if -E capabilities fails by @henryiii in #717

Full Changelog: v0.9.0...v0.9.1

Version 0.9.0

This version adds the ability to inherit in override tables, matching a similar feature added to cibuildwheel 2.17's overrides. You can now write out extra metadata to ${SKBUILD_METADATA_DIR}. A new Hatchling plugin is provided as an experimental feature (will likely be made a separate package in the future like the setuptools plugin).

The meaning of wheel.exclude has been changed to match on the wheel path, rather than the source path. We could not find any projects that would be affected by this change, so it was not added to the minimum-version protection policy. This now allows you to ignore CMake outputs as well.

What's Changed

Features:

• Preserve additivity of cmake.define across overrides tables by @stubbiali in #564
• Add metadata dir access by @henryiii in #702
• Experimental hatchling builder by @henryiii and @aryamanjeendgar in #637
• Vendor pyproject-metadata by @henryiii in #703
• Always require pathspec by @henryiii in #711

Fixes:

• Exclude installed files if listed in exclude by @henryiii in #652
• Make .git_archival.txt reproducible by @LecrisUT in #706
• Use cmake -E capabilities instead of cmake --version by @KyleFromNVIDIA in #675
• Ensure many/musl tags not selected by @henryiii in #698
• purelib should set py3 tag if unset by @henryiii in #661
• Validate description for 0.9+ by @henryiii in #709
• Support bools in config settings by @henryiii in #712

API changes:

• extra_settings for SettingsReader by @henryiii in #697
• GetRequires args changed by @henryiii in #699
• Make from_file a little more powerful by @henryiii in #700
• Metadata is part of the build backend by @henryiii in #708

Documentation:

• cmakelists.md Windows SOABI suffix variable by @thewtex in #684
• Fix hatch init command by @thewtex in #677
• Fix install strip default by @henryiii in #681
• Improve ninja.make-fallback description in the README by @thewtex in #676
• Mention printouts by @henryiii in #660

CI and testing:

• Lower pybind11 test dependency by @LecrisUT in #691
• Some cleanup from uv branch by @henryiii in #686
• Fedora CI maintenance by @LecrisUT in #689
• Small additions by @henryiii in #694
• Some changes from uv job by @henryiii in #693
• Fix setuptools on Python 3.12 by @henryiii in #701
• Fedora: Port downstream PR-49 by @LecrisUT in #678

New Contributors

• @KyleFromNVIDIA made their first contribution in #675

Full Changelog: v0.8.2...v0.9.0

Version 0.8.2

This version fixes a few small issues related to configuration. The wheel tag is fixed when wheel.platlib is False, inplace editable installs ignore build-dir, and install-dir no longer affects the generate path.

What's Changed

Fixes:

• Ensure wheel.platlib being false sets <abi>-<platform> as "none-any" by @jcfr in #655
• Inplace editable install should ignore build-dir by @henryiii in #644
• install-dir shouldn't affect generate path by @henryiii in #654
• Expand info printing by @henryiii in #651

Documentation:

• Clarify requirement for using "inplace" editable mode by @jcfr in #643
• Update README to use modern GitHub admonition by @jcfr in #641
• be explicit about what it means to "use SKBUILD_SOABI" by @minrk in #646

New Contributors

• @jcfr made their first contribution in #641
• @minrk made their first contribution in #646

Full Changelog: v0.8.1...v0.8.2

Version 0.8.1

This version fixes two small issues with specific situations: if ninja/cmake is present but not executable, and ninja on Windows not respecting the build type.

What's Changed

Fixes:

• Do not exit with exec permission error in ninja check by @thewtex in #626
• Include CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE on Windows ninja by @henryiii in #640
• Use - vs _ in error message by @nbelakovski in #638
• Make run command logged at info by @LecrisUT in #639

Documentation:

• Warning about using cmake.args for defines by @LecrisUT in #620
• Correct API usage example by @henryiii in #627

New Contributors

• @thewtex made their first contribution in #626
• @nbelakovski made their first contribution in #638

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.8.1

Version 0.8.0

This version replaces the cmake/ninja minimum-version config option with a more powerful free-form version field. Scikit-build-core will now respect CMAKE_EXECUTABLE for finding CMake. You can override based on the build state, allowing overrides for editable installs, for example. You can specify a build tag (AKA build number). And you can define CMake variables from environment variables.

What's Changed

Features:

• Add build-tag by @henryiii in #612
• Add if.state to overrides by @henryiii in #600
• Add cmake.version and ninja.version by @henryiii in #602
• Support CMAKE_EXECUTABLE by @henryiii in #603
• Config to set CMake variables with environment variables by @stubbiali in #565

Fixes:

• Include license file entry in search by @henryiii in #601
• Make sure purelib is indicated by @henryiii in #613
• Project version should always be CMake parsable by @henryiii in #608

Tests and internal:

• Compare uncompressed files by @henryiii in #610
• A couple of minor cleanups by @henryiii in #599
• Some preview Ruff touchups by @henryiii in #617

New Contributors

• @stubbiali made their first contribution in #565

Full Changelog: v0.7.1...v0.8.0

Version 0.7.1

This is a quick fix for a downstream change in hatch-fancy-pypi-readme that broke our plugin wrapper.

Fixes:

• Patch for change in hatch-fancy-pypi-readme by @henryiii in #593

CI and tests:

• Remove deprecated mypy setting (now defaults on) by @henryiii in #589
• Group dependabot updates by @henryiii in #584
• Use downstream tmt plans by @LecrisUT in #518

Docs:

• Fix a link by @henryiii in #568

Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.7.1

Version 0.7.0

This release features several large improvements to overrides: a new if.any group to allow selections based on any item being true, and a new if.env option for selecting an override based on environment variables. You can now build pure Python packages with wheel.cmake = false, perfect for providing a slower pure Python version of a package on unsupported systems via overrides.

There's also a new inplace mode for editable installs, which has drawbacks but feels like the classic "--inplace" setting in setuptools and can enable some tooling that would otherwise not support modern editable installs to work. If you are using Cython to access .pxd files, modern ("redirect") editable installs now support that. And to help avoid collisions with a future user feature, config settings can now be passed with an optional namespace, skbuild., as well.

Features:

• Add inplace mode for editable installs by @henryiii in #553
• Add wheel.exclude by @henryiii in #560
• Support cmake-less runs (for overrides) by @henryiii in #550
• Support if.any by @henryiii in #548
• Support if.env by @henryiii in #549
• Support namespaced config settings (skbuild.) by @henryiii in #556

Fixes:

• Correct issue with editable template & add more tests by @henryiii in #552
• Support editable installs of Cython .pxd files by @vyasr in #516

CI:

• Fix spelling for Fedora by @henryiii in #559

Docs:

• Add meeting information by @henryiii in #555
• Update intro and mention cmeel by @henryiii in #551

Full Changelog: v0.6.1...v0.7.0