Modernising install process: added pyproject and removed distutils deps

Author: davidcortesortuno

AUTHORS.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[project]
+name = "fidimag"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "Atomistic and Finite-DIfference microMAGnetic code, based on Python, Cython and C "
+readme = "README.md"
+license-files = ["LICENSE.txt"]
+license = "BSD-2-Clause"
+requires-python = ">= 3.10"
+dependencies = [
+    'numpy',
+    'scipy',
+    'cython>=3.0.0',
+    'pytest',
+    'matplotlib',
+    'ipywidgets',
+    'pyvtk',
+    'ipython',
+    'psutil'
+]
+authors = [
+    { name = "Weiwei Wang" },
+    { name = "David Cortes Ortuno" },
+    { name = "Ryan Pepper" },
+    { name = "Hans Fangohr" },
+    { name = "Marc-Antonio Bisotti" },
+    { name = "Thomas Kluyver" },
+    { name = "Mark Vousden" },
+    { name = "Oliver Laslett" },
+    { name = "Rebecca Carey" },
+]
+
+maintainers = [
+  {name = "David Cortes Ortuno", email = "[email protected]"},
+  {name = "Ryan Pepper"}
+]
+
+[build-system]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = [
+    "setuptools",
+    "numpy",
+    "cython>=3.0.0",
+]

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
-from distutils.extension import Extension
+from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools import Extension
 import multiprocessing
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
 import numpy
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ class BuildError(Exception):
     os.environ["CC"] = "gcc"
     print("Using CC={} (set by setup.py)".format(os.environ['CC']))
 
-MODULE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+# setup.py requires relative paths:
+MODULE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.relpath(__file__))
 SRC_DIR = os.path.join(MODULE_DIR, "fidimag")
+#
 SUNDIALS_DIR = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "common", "sundials")
 NEB_DIR = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "common", "neb")
 NEBM_DIR = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "common", "neb_method")
@@ -50,9 +52,6 @@ def get_version():
     raise Exception("Couldn't find __version__ in %s" % pkg_init_path)
 
 
-version = get_version()
-
-
 def glob_cfiles(path, excludes, extension="*.c"):
     cfiles = []
     for cfile in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, extension)):
@@ -231,10 +230,11 @@ def glob_cfiles(path, excludes, extension="*.c"):
               )
 ]
 
-
+yellow = "\x1b[33;49m"
+reset = "\x1b[0m"
 for folder in glob.glob(os.path.join(USER_DIR, '*/')):
     module_name = folder.split('/')[-2]
-    print('Found User Module: {}'.format(module_name))
+    print(yellow + f'Found User Module: {module_name}' + reset)
     user_sources = glob.glob(folder + '/*.pyx')
     if len(user_sources) != 1:
         raise BuildError("User Modules are only allowed one Cython .pyx file")
@@ -259,11 +259,10 @@ def glob_cfiles(path, excludes, extension="*.c"):
     )
 
 nthreads = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
-print('Building with {} threads'.format(nthreads))
+print(yellow + f'Building with {nthreads} threads' + reset)
 setup(
     name='fidimag',
-    version=version,
-    description='Atomistic and finite-difference-micromagnetics code',
+    version=get_version(),
     packages=['fidimag',
               'fidimag.atomistic',
               'fidimag.micro',