Make sdist via pypa/build (uses meson now)

Author: ankith26

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# define files/directories that won't be exported in an sdist
+# Keep in sync with MANIFEST.in
+.circleci/ export-ignore
+.github/ export-ignore
+buildconfig/ci/ export-ignore
+buildconfig/macdependencies/ export-ignore
+buildconfig/manylinux-build/ export-ignore
+
+.editorconfig export-ignore
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore
+.pre-commit-config.yaml export-ignore

.github/workflows/build-ubuntu-sdist.yml

@@ -60,15 +60,14 @@ jobs:
       # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/47863
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
-        sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libfreetype6-dev libportmidi-dev python3-setuptools python3-dev
+        sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libfreetype6-dev libportmidi-dev python3-dev
         pip3 install --upgrade pip
-        pip3 install sphinx"<7.2.0" numpy>=1.21.0
+        pip3 install build numpy>=1.21.0
 
     - name: Make sdist and install it
       run: |
-        python3 buildconfig/make_docs.py
-        python3 setup.py sdist
-        pip3 install dist/pygame-*.tar.gz -vv
+        python3 -m build --sdist --outdir dist .
+        pip3 install dist/pygame_ce-*.tar.gz -vv
 
     - name: Run tests
       env:

setup.py

@@ -717,6 +717,9 @@ def initialize_options(self):
         # we do not want MANIFEST.in to appear in the root cluttering up things.
         self.template = os.path.join('buildconfig', 'MANIFEST.in')
 
+        print("WARNING: This command is deprecated and will be removed in the future.")
+        print("Use the alternative: `python3 -m build --sdist --outdir dist .`")
+
 
 if "bdist_msi" in sys.argv:
     # if you are making an msi, we want it to overwrite files