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    Ensure usage of modern packages when using 'setup.py develop'.

    Review Request #12524 — Created Aug. 14, 2022 and submitted — Latest diff uploaded

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    RBTools
    release-4.x

    Reviewers

    The Python packaging world has long since recommended against eggs and
    setup.py develop. However, until we move to a pyproject.toml with
    a custom build system, this is our best option.

    Review Board, Djblets, and other packages have implemented a custom
    setup.py develop for ages, which wraps pip install -e . (the
    generally preferred method) and then installs our development
    dependencies.

    This change adds the same logic to the RBTools packaging. This will
    ensure that we don't ever introduce legacy eggs through RBTools for
    development, and always prefer model wheels.

    For now, setup.py develop is the preferred way of preparing RBTools
    for development. In time, we will transition away from setup.py and
    will prefer pip install -e ..

    Successfully installed RBTools on Python 3.7-3.11, with all dependencies
    as wheels, using setup.py develop.

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