[Buildroot] [PATCH 5/5] package/pkg-python.mk: migrate setuptools to pep517

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello James,

On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:15:31 -0600
James Hilliard <james.hilliard1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Now that setuptools and its dependencies are using pep517 we can
> migrate the setuptools infrastructure itself to use the pep517
> build frontend.
> 
> As part of this we need to migrate the all python packages using
> _BUILD_OPTS to the new config settings format used by the pep517
> build frontend.
> 
> We also need to add a patch fixing a bug in python-pypa-build which
> was preventing the config settings from being passed to some of the
> pep517 build hooks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1 at gmail.com>

Could you clarify the relationship between this PATCH 5/5 and the rest
of the series? They are part of the same series, so there must be some
kind of relationship, but I fail to see which one.

Thanks,

Thomas
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