Version 0.9.8

This version ships a few more small fixes. Multi-target builds were missing build arguments due to an exhausted generator. And some packages seem to hard-code ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} in the install() call, which is an anti-pattern, but we can set that variable too. More tests now run on Python 3.7.

What's Changed

Fixes:

• Empty build arguments for some targets in multi-target build by @junrushao in #784
• Support packages that hardcode CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX in their install commands by @henryiii in #786
• Logger shouldn't warn for missing lib on UNIX by @henryiii in #787

Tests:

• Use ZipFile instead of zipfile.Path to enable more tests on Python 3.7 by @henryiii in #785

New Contributors

• @junrushao made their first contribution in #784

Full Changelog: v0.9.7...v0.9.8

Version 0.9.7

This release makes a few small fixes, enabling better Fortran support and correct tags on MUSL. And releases now have Attestations on GitHub at https://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build-core/attestations.

What's Changed

Fixes:

• Set CC and CXX from sysconfig if not set by @henryiii in #782
• musllinux tag incorrect by @henryiii in #773
• Logger unconditionally set to DEBUG in non-PEP 517 usage by @henryiii in #779

Documentation:

• Fix Fortran example by @henryiii in #771
• Fix typo in skbuild soabi docs by @henryiii in #775
• Fortran and Cython updates by @henryiii in #781

Full Changelog: v0.9.6...v0.9.7

Version 0.9.6

This release provides a fix for the experimental setuptools plugin leaking and
affecting other setuptools plugins.

What's Changed

Fixes:

• Improve error message when metadata.version.provider not set by @thewtex in #762
• Only inject logic if cmake_* keywords present by @kiwifb in #768
• Only replace color tags if the color is defined by @bnavigator in #764

New Contributors

• @kiwifb made their first contribution in #768

Full Changelog: v0.9.5...v0.9.6

Version 0.9.5

This release fixes building for the the Windows variant of free-threaded Python 3.13.

What's Changed

Fixes:

• Support Windows free-threading by @henryiii in #759
• Strip whitespace around generator so that it's passed through correctly by @vyasr in #748

Documentation:

• Note that -C options can be prefixed with skbuild. by @KyleFromNVIDIA in #754

CI and testing:

• Retry pypy if fails by @henryiii in #746
• Disable rpminspect on rawhide by @LecrisUT in #753
• Use uv for minimum version check by @henryiii in #679

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