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Stacked on #147. This branch starts from #147's head, so until #147 merges this diff also shows its two files (publish.yml and accel.c). The change here is the last commit only, in pyproject.toml and setup.py.

Why

Two deprecation warnings appear in every wheel build:

• project.license as a TOML table — setuptools says this must be gone by 2027-02-18. Isolated builds (pip installing from the sdist, python -m build, cibuildwheel) always install the latest setuptools, so once a release enforces this, building the project would fail.
• from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel — wheel.bdist_wheel is now only a deprecated alias for setuptools.command.bdist_wheel.

What changed

• license = "Apache-2.0" (an SPDX string) and license-files = ["LICENSE"]. Listing the file explicitly keeps the wheel at the one license file it has today, rather than depending on setuptools' default patterns.
• setup.py imports bdist_wheel from setuptools.command.bdist_wheel. The custom cp38-abi3 / universal2 tag logic is unchanged.
• wheel removed from build-system.requires, since nothing in the build imports it any more. It stays in the build extra.
• The setuptools floor goes from 61 to 77, in both build-system.requires and the build extra; 77 is the first release that supports the string form. 77.0.0 was never uploaded, so this resolves to 77.0.1 or later. setuptools 77 requires Python 3.9, which matches requires-python.

Compatibility

Built from the same source before and after (Python 3.9, latest setuptools 82.0.1): extension wheel, pure-Python wheel and sdist.

	Before	After
Metadata-Version	2.4	2.4
License field	License: Apache-2.0	License-Expression: Apache-2.0
License-File	LICENSE	LICENSE
Wheel tag	cp38-abi3-…	unchanged
Wheel file list	352 files	unchanged
setuptools deprecation warnings	8 (ext build), 4 (pure build)	0

The only other metadata change is the build extra's setuptools>=77.0.

Who is affected: someone building from the sdist with --no-build-isolation against setuptools older than 77. The old floor was 61, so the affected range is 61–76; older releases already failed. Installs from wheels, and normal isolated sdist builds, are not affected.

Testing

• python -m build --no-isolation with setuptools pinned to 77.0.1 (the new floor): builds, no deprecation warnings, cp38-abi3 tag, License-Expression: Apache-2.0.
• The wheel from that build installs into a clean 3.9 venv, and _singlestoredb_accel.abi3.so imports.
• pre-commit passes.
• Not yet run: the publish workflow (cibuildwheel on all three OSes). Before the next release, push a -test tag after Upgrade cibuildwheel to v4.3.3 and test wheels on Python 3.15 #147 and this PR are both merged, and check the wheel filenames still match the 1.18.2 set.

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Low Risk
Packaging and CI configuration changes only; runtime API and extension behavior are unchanged aside from a C linkage tweak.

Overview
Updates packaging metadata and build plumbing so upcoming setuptools/wheel deprecations do not break wheel builds. pyproject.toml now uses an SPDX license string (Apache-2.0) with explicit license-files, drops wheel from isolated build requirements, and raises the setuptools floor to 77.0 (build-system and build extra).

setup.py imports bdist_wheel from setuptools instead of the deprecated wheel re-export; the custom abi3 / universal2 tag logic is unchanged.

The publish workflow (stacked work) bumps cibuildwheel to v4.3.3, tests cp39 and cp315 on the abi3 wheel, and pins manylinux2014 images for older glibc targets. accel.c marks the internal _PyUnicode_AsUTF8 helper as static.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated package build and publishing configuration, including support for CPython 3.9 and 3.15 and Linux x86_64 and aarch64.
  • Updated package metadata and build requirements, and clarified the declared license.
  • Existing wheel-tag behavior remains unchanged.

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Walkthrough

The package build requirements and license metadata change. The wheel publishing workflow updates its cibuildwheel version, Python versions, and Linux image. _PyUnicode_AsUTF8 changes to internal linkage without a change to its signature or implementation.

Changes: Packaging and wheel publishing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Package build configuration pyproject.toml, setup.py	The build-system requirement and build dependency raise the minimum setuptools version. The project license uses an SPDX string and lists LICENSE as a license file. setup.py imports bdist_wheel from setuptools.
Wheel publishing matrix .github/workflows/publish.yml	The workflow upgrades cibuildwheel, adds CPython 3.15 to the build selection, and pins Linux x86_64 and aarch64 builds to manylinux2014.

C helper linkage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Unicode helper linkage accel.c	_PyUnicode_AsUTF8 changes from external to internal linkage. Its signature and implementation remain unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Other

Possibly related PRs

• singlestore-labs/singlestoredb-python#146: Adds Python 3.15 runtime support and test coverage; this PR adds CPython 3.15 to the wheel publishing workflow.

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 48333

Non-isolated builds with an older packaging release can fail under the new setuptools minimum. The wheel publishing tests may also exercise the workspace extension instead of the built wheel. Neither is catastrophic, but both should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Architecture risk: Low · up to 48333

The change affects 3 systems.

Changed systems: accel.c, pyproject.toml, setup.py

Architecture concerns
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Systems and components

• observed — accel.c (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — pyproject.toml (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — setup.py (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in accel.c: _PyUnicode_AsUTF8 changes from external to internal linkage; its signature and implementation remain unchanged.
• observed — Modified behavior in pyproject.toml: The build-system requirements now specify setuptools>=77.0 and no longer list wheel.
• observed — Modified behavior in pyproject.toml: The project license changes from the {text = "Apache-2.0"} table to the SPDX string "Apache-2.0" and adds the LICENSE file to license-files.
• observed — Modified behavior in pyproject.toml: The build dependency group raises its setuptools minimum from 61.0 to 77.0; the existing wheel entry remains.

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Major · Test the installed extension instead of the workspace extension. · publish.yml:146

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Test the installed extension instead of the workspace extension.

The editable install on Line 98 builds the host Python 3.14 extension in the workspace. On macOS and Windows, this PYTHONPATH puts that extension before the installed wheel, so the new CPython 3.15 test can pass without loading the published binary. A 32-bit Windows test can instead fail when it finds the 64-bit workspace extension. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Remove the workspace from the test import path and run the tests against the installed wheel.

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Review comment at @.github/workflows/publish.yml at line 146:
Update the test environment in the publish workflow to remove the workspace from PYTHONPATH, so the tests import the installed wheel rather than the host Python extension built in the workspace.

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- Line 2: Update the build-system requires entry and the build extra in the
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- Line 146: Update the test environment in the publish workflow to remove the
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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Require a compatible packaging version.

A non-isolated build with setuptools 77.0.1 and packaging 24.1 fails before building: setuptools imports packaging.licenses, which that version lacks. Setuptools appends its vendored packages after the installed packages, so the vendored copy does not prevent the failure. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Add packaging>=24.2 to the build requirements and the build extra.

Based on learnings: verify the exact minimum version required for packaging features.

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Review comment at @pyproject.toml at line 2:
Update the build-system requires entry and the build extra in the project configuration to require packaging >=24.2, verifying that this is the minimum version providing the packaging.licenses module needed by setuptools.

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🔵 Needs a closer look

The cibuildwheel v2-to-v4 upgrade needs a three-OS test-tag run to verify wheel tags, abi3 audits, Python 3.15 loading, and preservation of manylinux2014 artifacts before release.

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This PR is being absorbed into #162