Package: python3-cmake-build-extension (0.6.1-1)

Setuptools extension to build and package CMake projects

This extension aims to simplify the integration of C++ projects based on CMake with Python packaging tools. CMake provides out-of-the-box support to either SWIG and pybind11, that are two among the most used projects to create Python bindings from C++ sources.

If you have any experience with these hybrid projects, you know the challenges to make packaging right! This project takes inspiration from pre-existing examples (pybind/cmake_example, among many others) and provides a simple, flexible, and reusable setuptools extension with the following features:

 * Bridge between CMake projects and Python packaging
 * Configure and build the CMake project from setup.py
 * Install the CMake project in the resulting Python package
 * Allow passing custom CMake options
 * Allow creating a top-level __init__.py
 * Expose C++ executables to the Python environment
 * Provide a context manager to import CPython modules reliably on all major
   OSs
 * Disable the C++ extension in editable installations (requiring to manually
   call CMake to install the C++ project)

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