BLD: Build wheels and sdist distributions via the build package

Author: BvB93

.github/workflows/pypi.yml

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ jobs:
                 python --version
 
             - name: Install dependencies
-              run: pip install .[build]
+              run: pip build
 
             - name: Build the package
-              run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+              run: python -m build --sdist --wheel
 
             - name: Publish the package
               uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1

setup.py

@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
     'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 ]
 
-# Requirements for building wheels
-build_require = [
-    'twine',
-    'wheel',
-]
-
 tests_require_no_optional = [
     'pytest>=5.4.0',
     'pytest-cov',
@@ -40,7 +34,6 @@
 ]
 tests_require += tests_require_no_optional
 tests_require += docs_require
-tests_require += build_require
 
 setup(
     name='AssertionLib',
@@ -98,6 +91,5 @@
         'doc': docs_require,
         'test': tests_require,
         'test_no_optional': tests_require_no_optional,
-        'build': build_require,
     }
 )