mebuex 1.1.4

Combining build_ext with the Meson build system

Mebuex

A setuptools Extension and build_ext wrapper for builds based on Meson.

Usage

Mebuex assumes that the structure of a package is as follows:

root
 | - builddir
 | ... some source layout to be compiled with Meson ...
 | - *packagename*
 |    | ... Python package layout handled by setup.py ...
 | - setup.py
 | - meson.build

That is, the root directory of the package contains the setup.py file, the meson.build file, a Meson build directory (here builddir, but can be configured), directories covering the sources to be built by Meson, and the Python package source tree.

The relevant part of this layout is that setup.py and meson.build are contained in the root directory, and that a designated build directory is specified (need not exist before building). The Meson build file should contain all relevant configuration to build a Python extension within the build directory (here builddir). The setup.py file should be based on setuptools and contain all relevant configuration for the Python part of the package.

Within the setup.py file, the Python extension built by Meson can then be included using the MesonExtension and build_ext commands supplied by Mebuex. An example code would look like this (suppose that the Meson build would yield an extension mypackage.backend):

from setuptools import setup
from mebuex import MesonExtension, build_ext

ext = MesonExtension('mypackage.backend', builddir='builddir')

setup(name='mypackage',
      version='1.0.0',
      author='Me',
      description='Or is it yours?',
      ext_modules=[ext],
      cmdclass={'build_ext' : build_ext}
)

Install

Mebuex can be installed with Pip:

pip install .

License

Mebuex is licensed under the MIT license (see the LICENSE file).

Changelog

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.1.4] - 2023-05-04

Changed

• Be more verbose on destpath error in build_ext.build_extension.

[1.1.3] - 2023-04-14

Added

• Add example project in example/ subfolder.

[1.1.2] - 2023-04-13

Changed

• Change to pyproject.toml install workflow.

[1.1.1] - 2022-10-05

Changed

• Add a more informative error message if the directory to copy the built extension to does not exist.

[1.1.0] - 2022-07-13

Changed

• Fixed empty lib being copied to wheel directory instead of Meson-compiled lib.
• Fix handling of dots in compiled names (likely irrelevant).

[1.0.0] - 2022-07-13

Added

• First version