Discuss/investigate moving to tox + pyproject.toml
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Current evaluation
Build configuration was consolidated differently: pyproject.toml and uv/Make tooling are active, while setup.py, setup.cfg, and tox.ini were removed; the open proposal is superseded.
Suggested action: close resolved
Reason: Commit bc45bedf (#751) migrated setup.py to pyproject.toml, and 9e259450 removed tox.ini as unused; the active build path is now pyproject.toml with uv and Makefile/common.mk. This resolves the original mixed-configuration concern through an evolved architecture, despite PR #740's tox-focused attempt being closed unmerged.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
5
Complexity:
58
Confidence:
94
Actionability:
40
Issue body
### What needs to get done
The current code base has a mix of `tox.ini`, `Makefile`, `setup.py`, `setup.cfg` and `pyproject.toml`. We should look into keeping just tox.ini and pyproject.toml (plus the various `requirements*.txt` pins), to be closer to Starbase.
### Why it needs to get done
Mostly for our own sanity, and to take advantage of the fact that we're still `edge`: I would prefer to have a "cleaner house" before we call it `stable`.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
5
Complexity:
58
Confidence:
94
Actionability:
40
|
close resolved | Build configuration was consolidated differently: pyproject.toml and uv/Make tooling are active, while setup.py, setup.cfg, and tox.ini were removed; the open proposal is superseded. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
18
Quick Win:
2
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
88
Actionability:
20
|
close resolved | Housekeeping proposal to collapse tox.ini/Makefile/setup.py/setup.cfg into tox.ini+pyproject.toml. Goal effectively achieved: setup.py/setup.cfg and tox.ini no longer exist, deps live in pyproject.toml, builds run via uv+Makefile. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
28
Quick Win:
7
Complexity:
50
Confidence:
48
Actionability:
50
|
keep open | Maintainer housekeeping task: consolidate the mixed tox.ini/Makefile/setup.py/setup.cfg/pyproject.toml build config down to tox.ini + pyproject.toml before rockcraft goes stable. No discussion yet; attempt PR #740 was closed unmerged. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
19
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Actionability:
80
|
close resolved | Build tooling consolidation from mix of tox.ini, Makefile, setup.py, setup.cfg to pyproject.toml. tox.ini has been removed and pyproject.toml is now the primary config. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
9
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Maintainer task to consolidate rockcraft's build config (tox.ini, Makefile, setup.py, setup.cfg, pyproject.toml) toward starbase. Effectively done: setup.py/setup.cfg removed in #751, tox.ini removed, and the project fully migrated to starbase (uv + Makefile). | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | Proposal to consolidate build configuration to tox.ini and pyproject.toml. Unlabelled, zero maintainer comments, and inactive for over a year. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Maintenance task proposing to consolidate build configuration files into tox.ini and pyproject.toml. The issue has been open for over three years with no comments or maintainer engagement, indicating it is likely stale. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/rockcraft#751
(confidence 99%)
Commit bc45bedf from PR #751 migrated setup.py to pyproject.toml.
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Related To:
canonical/rockcraft#740
(confidence 98%)
A prior consolidation attempt was closed without being merged.
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Related To:
starbase#53
(confidence 90%)
Explicit Starbase analogue for moving tox dependencies into pyproject.toml.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #53 tox: move deps from tox.ini into pyproject.toml | starbase | merged | PR #53 by lengau merged, relocating tox dependency declarations from tox.ini into pyproject.toml (commit 4adb069; +19/-29 across tox.ini and pyproject.toml). | |
| #542 init template: replace run_tests, requirements-dev etc. with tox.ini and pyproject.toml | charmcraft | closed | The proposed tox.ini/pyproject.toml structure landed with multiple init profiles in #854 (21b83fb0), expanded by #859 (451c399a) and #868 (a6c21119). | |
| #740 build: replace setup.py and setup.cfg with pyproject.toml | rockcraft | closed | Closed unmerged; its setup.py/setup.cfg-to-pyproject.toml migration was superseded by merged PR #751 in commit bc45bedf. |