python-packaging

To build and publish a Python package, configure your project metadata using a pyproject.toml file, use a build backend like setuptools to generate wheels and source distributions, and upload them to PyPI for public installation via pip.

Configuring Python packaging with pyproject.toml involves defining build system requirements, project metadata like name and version, and dependencies using modern standards, replacing the older setup.py approach for a cleaner setup.

Yes, you can use setuptools as a build backend to distribute Python CLI tools and libraries by defining entry points in pyproject.toml, allowing users to install and run your console scripts directly via pip.

Structuring a Python project for distribution requires organizing your source code into standard package layouts, including a pyproject.toml file for metadata, and ensuring your configuration supports building both source distributions and wheels.

You need to build wheels and source distributions when publishing a Python package to PyPI, as wheels provide pre-compiled installations for specific platforms while source distributions ensure the package can be built from source across various environments.

Yes, pyproject.toml supports managing namespace packages by allowing you to define the appropriate package discovery configuration within your build backend like setuptools, facilitating the splitting of a single package across multiple distributions.