trying to fix the install process

setup.py

@@ -9,14 +9,25 @@
 import glob
 import os
 import sys
+import pathlib
 import platform
 import sysconfig
 import setuptools
 import subprocess
+import shutil
+import multiprocessing
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 from distutils.core import setup
 from distutils.command.install import INSTALL_SCHEMES
 
+# remove build results
+for p in ["nexxT/binary", "nexxT/include", "nexxT/tests/binary"]:
+    if os.path.exists(p):
+        shutil.rmtree(p, ignore_errors=True)
+    if os.path.exists(p):
+        shutil.rmtree(p, ignore_errors=True)
+    if os.path.exists(p):
+        shutil.rmtree(p)
 # create platform specific wheel
 try:
     from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel as _bdist_wheel
@@ -29,11 +40,17 @@ def finalize_options(self):
         def get_tag(self):
             python, abi, plat = _bdist_wheel.get_tag(self)
             # uncomment for non-python extensions
-            #python, abi = 'py3', 'none'
+            if platform.system() == "Linux":
+                abi = "abi3"
+            else:
+                abi = "none"
+            python = "cp37.cp38.cp39"
+            print("plat=", plat)
             return python, abi, plat
+
 except ImportError:
     bdist_wheel = None
-    
+
 if platform.system() == "Linux":
     p = "linux_x86_64"
     presuf = [("lib", ".so")]
@@ -43,28 +60,61 @@ def get_tag(self):
 
 
 cv = sysconfig.get_config_vars()
-cnexT = cv.get("EXT_PREFIX", "") + "cnexxT" + cv.get("EXT_SUFFIX", "")
+if platform.system() == "Windows":
+    cnexT = cv.get("EXT_PREFIX", "") + "cnexxT" + cv.get("EXT_SUFFIX", "")
+elif platform.system() == "Linux":
+    cnexT = cv.get("EXT_PREFIX", "") + "cnexxT.abi3.so"
 
 build_files = []
 for variant in ["nonopt", "release"]:
     build_files.append('nexxT/binary/' + p + '/' + variant + "/" + cnexT)
     for prefix,suffix in presuf:
         build_files.append('nexxT/binary/' + p + '/' + variant + "/" + prefix + "nexxT" + suffix)
+        build_files.append('nexxT/tests/binary/' + p + '/' + variant + "/" + prefix + "test_plugins" + suffix)
 
 # generate MANIFEST.in to add build files and include files
 with open("MANIFEST.in", "w") as manifest:
-    for fn in glob.glob('nexxT/include/*.hpp'):
-        manifest.write("include " + fn + "\n")
-    for bf in build_files:
-        manifest.write("include " + bf + "\n")
-    # json schema
-    manifest.write("include nexxT/core/ConfigFileSchema.json")
+    manifest.write("include nexxT/examples/*/*.json\n")
+    manifest.write("include nexxT/examples/*/*.py\n")
+    manifest.write("include nexxT/core/*.json\n")
+    manifest.write("include nexxT/src/*.*\n")
+    manifest.write("include nexxT/tests/src/*.*\n")
+    manifest.write("include nexxT/tests/core/*.json\n")
+    manifest.write("include workspace/*.*\n")
+    manifest.write("include workspace/SConstruct\n")
+    manifest.write("include workspace/sconstools3/qt5/__init__.py\n")
+    manifest.write("include LICENSE\n")
+    manifest.write("include NOTICE\n")
+    # ok, this is hacky but it is a way to easily include build artefacts into the wheels and this is 
+    # the intention here, drawback is that sdist needs to be generated by a seperate setup.py call
+    build_required = False
+    if "bdist_wheel" in sys.argv:
+        if "sdist" in sys.argv:
+            raise RuntimeError("cannot build sdist and bdist_wheel with one call.")
+        build_required = True
+        for fn in glob.glob('nexxT/include/*.hpp'):
+            manifest.write("include " + fn + "\n")
+        for bf in build_files:
+            manifest.write("include " + bf + "\n")
 
+if build_required:
+    try:
+        import PySide2
+    except ImportError:
+        raise RuntimeError("PySide2 must be installed for building the extension module.")
+    cwd = pathlib.Path().absolute()
+    os.chdir("workspace")
+    subprocess.run([sys.executable, os.path.dirname(sys.executable) + "/scons", "-j%d" % multiprocessing.cpu_count(), ".."], check=True)
+    os.chdir(str(cwd))    
+
 setup(name='nexxT',
       install_requires=["PySide2 >=5.14.0, <5.15", "shiboken2 >=5.14.0, <5.15", "jsonschema>=3.2.0"], 
-      version='0.0.0',
-      description='nexxT extensible framework',
-      author='pca',
+      version=os.environ.get("NEXXT_VERSION", "0.0.0"),
+      description='An extensible framework.',
+      author='Christoph Wiedemann',
+      author_email='[email protected]',
+      url='https://github.com/ifm/nexxT',
+      license="Apache-2",
       include_package_data = True,
       packages=['nexxT', 'nexxT.interface', 'nexxT.tests', 'nexxT.services', 'nexxT.services.gui', 'nexxT.tests.interface', 'nexxT.core', 'nexxT.tests.core'],
       cmdclass={

workspace/SConstruct

@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 import platform
+import PySide2
+
+qtversion = ".".join(PySide2.__version__.split(".")[:2])
 
 if platform.system() == "Linux":
     env = Environment(target_platform="linux_x86_64",
+                      QT5VERSION=qtversion,
                       toolpath=["#/sconstools3"],
                       variant="unknown")
 
+    env.Tool("qt5")
+
     env['ENV']['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = env.subst("$QT5DIR") + '/lib/pkgconfig'
     env.PrependENVPath('LD_LIBRARY_PATH', env.subst("$QT5DIR") + "/lib")
-    env.Tool("qt5")
 
 else:
     # windows environment
     env = Environment(MSVC_VERSION="14.0", 
+                      QT5VERSION=qtversion,
                       tools=["default", "qt5"], 
                       toolpath=["#/sconstools3"],
                       target_platform="msvc_x86_64",
@@ -20,18 +26,18 @@ else:
 env.EnableQt5Modules(['QtCore'])
 env.AddMethod(lambda env, args: args, "RegisterSources")
 env.AddMethod(lambda env, args: None, "RegisterTargets")
+env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["Py_LIMITED_API"])
 
 if platform.system() == "Linux":
     dbg_env = env.Clone(CCFLAGS=Split("-g -std=c++14 -O0"), #-fvisibility=hidden 
                         LINKFLAGS=Split("-g"),
-                        variant="debug")
+                        variant="nonopt")
     rel_env = env.Clone(CCFLAGS=Split("-std=c++14 -O3"), #-fvisibility=hidden 
                         variant="release")    
 else:    
     dbg_env = env.Clone(CCFLAGS=Split("/nologo /EHsc /TP /W3 /Od /Ob2 /Z7 /MD /std:c++14"),
                         LINKFLAGS=Split("/nologo /DEBUG"),
-                        variant="nonopt",
-                        CPPDEFINES=["Py_LIMITED_API"]) # not exactly sure why we need this in debug mode and not in release mode...
+                        variant="nonopt") # not exactly sure why we need this in debug mode and not in release mode...
     rel_env = env.Clone(CCFLAGS=Split("/nologo /EHsc /TP /W3 /Ox /Z7 /MD /std:c++14"),
                         LINKFLAGS=Split("/nologo /DEBUG"),
                         variant="release")