Scikit-build 0.17.0

[henryiii]

A lot of bug fixes are present in this release, focusing on Windows, PyPy, and cross compiling. We've also improved the compatibility with default setuptools behaviors a little, and enabled some things that were previously unavailable, like overriding the build type via the cmake argument environment variables. We've expanded our CI matrix to include Windows and macOS PyPy and some Fortran tests on Linux. This release requires Python 3.7+.

Bug fixes

• Match setuptools behavior for include_package_data default by @vyasrin Match setuptools behavior for include_package_data default. #873.
• Misc. fixes for F2PY and PythonExtensions modules by benbovy in Misc. fixes for F2PY and PythonExtensions modules #495.
• Provide more useful error if user provides CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX by @vyasr in Provide more useful error if user provides CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX #872.
• Stop assuming that .pyx files are in the same directory as CMakeLists.txt by @vyasr in Stop assuming that pyx files are in the same directory as CMakeLists.txt #871.
• Allow build type overriding in fix: allow build type overriding #902.
• Detect PyPy library correctly on Windows by @gershnik in fix: detect PyPy library correctly on Windows (#701) #904.
• Include library for FindPython for better Windows cross-compiles in fix: include library for FindPython #913. Thanks to @maxbachmann for testing.
• Fix logic for default generator when cross-compiling for ARM on Windows in Fix cross-compiling Windows ARM64 #917 by @dlech.
• Use f2py's get_include if present in fix: use f2py get_include if present #877.
• Fix support for cross-compilation exception using targetLinkLibrariesWithDynamicLookup by @erykoff in targetLinkLibrariesWithDynamicLookup: Fix support for cross-compilation exception #901.
• Treat empty MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET as if it was unset in fix: empty MACOSX variable should be treated as unset #918.

Testing

• Add hello fortran sample package + tests by @benbovy in Add hello fortran sample package + tests #493.
• Add sdist check & fix in chore: add sdist check & fix #906.
• Fix some setuptools types in chore: fix some setuptools types #888.
• Add PyPy Win & macOS to the CI in ci: add PyPy Win & macOS #907.
• Add tests for Python 3.12 Linux alphas in ci: add Python 3.12 alpha 7+ #922.

Miscellaneous

• Drop Python 3.6 in chore: drop Python 3.6 #862.
• Move building backend to hatchling in chore: move building backend to hatchling #870.
• Avoid mutating function input parameters in refactor: avoid mutating function input parameters #899.
• Use _compat/typing name in refactor: use _compat/typing name #869.

New Contributors

• @gershnik made their first contribution in fix: detect PyPy library correctly on Windows (#701) #904
• @erykoff made their first contribution in targetLinkLibrariesWithDynamicLookup: Fix support for cross-compilation exception #901
• @dlech made their first contribution in Fix cross-compiling Windows ARM64 #917

Full Changelog: 0.16.7...0.17.0

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