gnu: python-xyz: Move a few modules to (gnu packages python-build).

* gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-pep517): Inherit from
python-pep517-bootstrap.  Remove the inherited common fields.
(python-poetry-core, python-wheel)
(python-toml): Move to ...
* gnu/packages/python-build.scm: ... here, a new module.
(python-pep517-bootstrap): New package.
* gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Register the new module.

12 files changed, 147 insertions, 91 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 5f3d5d2b25..f48e3ec8bc 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/purescript.scm			\
   %D%/packages/pv.scm				\
   %D%/packages/python.scm			\
+  %D%/packages/python-build.scm			\
   %D%/packages/python-check.scm			\
   %D%/packages/python-compression.scm		\
   %D%/packages/python-crypto.scm		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
index 08e61d7ba2..29b0d62ad2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-crypto)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-web)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/finance.scm b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
index 8ead37beb3..1798ad82bc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/finance.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages popt)
   #:use-module (gnu packages protobuf)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-crypto)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-web)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
index 920b5d82ed..a3084c17e2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages protobuf)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-science)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-web)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm b/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
index a414bc6bbb..61dee46d43 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/protobuf.scm
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages libevent)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ruby))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-build.scm b/gnu/packages/python-build.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0940b67f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-build.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Tanguy Le Carrour <tanguy@bioneland.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages python-build)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system python)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix packages))
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; Python packages to build... Python packages.  Since they are bound to be
+;;; relied on by many, their dependencies should be kept minimal, and this
+;;; module should not depend on other modules containing Python packages.
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(define-public python-wheel
+  (package
+    (name "python-wheel")
+    (version "0.33.6")
+    (source
+      (origin
+        (method url-fetch)
+        (uri (pypi-uri "wheel" version))
+        (sha256
+         (base32
+          "0ii6f34rvpjg3nmw4bc2h7fhdsy38y1h93hghncfs5akfrldmj8h"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     ;; FIXME: The test suite runs "python setup.py bdist_wheel", which in turn
+     ;; fails to find the newly-built bdist_wheel library, even though it is
+     ;; available on PYTHONPATH.  What search path is consulted by setup.py?
+     '(#:tests? #f))
+    (home-page "https://bitbucket.org/pypa/wheel/")
+    (synopsis "Format for built Python packages")
+    (description
+     "A wheel is a ZIP-format archive with a specially formatted filename and
+the @code{.whl} extension.  It is designed to contain all the files for a PEP
+376 compatible install in a way that is very close to the on-disk format.  Many
+packages will be properly installed with only the @code{Unpack} step and the
+unpacked archive preserves enough information to @code{Spread} (copy data and
+scripts to their final locations) at any later time.  Wheel files can be
+installed with a newer @code{pip} or with wheel's own command line utility.")
+    (license license:expat)))
+
+(define-public python2-wheel
+  (package-with-python2 python-wheel))
+
+;;; XXX: Not really at home, but this seems the best place to prevent circular
+;;; module dependencies.
+(define-public python-toml
+  (package
+    (name "python-toml")
+    (version "0.10.1")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (pypi-uri "toml" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "03wbqm5cn685cwx2664hjdpz370njl7lf0yal8s0dkp5w4mn2swj"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f))                     ;no tests suite in release
+    (home-page "https://github.com/uiri/toml")
+    (synopsis "Library for TOML")
+    (description
+     "@code{toml} is a library for parsing and creating Tom's Obvious, Minimal
+Language (TOML) configuration files.")
+    (license license:expat)))
+
+(define-public python-pep517-bootstrap
+  (hidden-package
+   (package
+     (name "python-pep517-bootstrap")
+     (version "0.9.1")
+     (source
+      (origin
+        (method url-fetch)
+        (uri (pypi-uri "pep517" version))
+        (sha256
+         (base32
+          "0zqidxah03qpnp6zkg3zd1kmd5f79hhdsfmlc0cldaniy80qddxf"))))
+     (build-system python-build-system)
+     (arguments
+      `(#:tests? #f))                     ;to avoid circular dependencies
+     (propagated-inputs
+      `(("python-toml" ,python-toml)
+        ("python-wheel" ,python-wheel)))
+     (home-page "https://github.com/pypa/pep517")
+     (synopsis "Wrappers to build Python packages using PEP 517 hooks")
+     (description
+      "Wrappers to build Python packages using PEP 517 hooks.")
+     (license license:expat))))
+
+(define-public python-poetry-core
+  (package
+    (name "python-poetry-core")
+    (version "1.0.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (pypi-uri "poetry-core" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "1mgv276h1iphn5fqhp2sgkgd5d0c39hs33vgaf157x5ri7rlyrka"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (home-page "https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry-core")
+    (synopsis "Poetry PEP 517 build back-end")
+    (description
+     "The @code{poetry-core} module provides a PEP 517 build back-end
+implementation developed for Poetry.  This project is intended to be
+a light weight, fully compliant, self-contained package allowing PEP 517
+compatible build front-ends to build Poetry managed projects.")
+    (license license:expat)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
index bf6cedf43a..1f491cc972 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages password-utils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages protobuf)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-web)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
index c0dc0403eb..7f4e29eab3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages libffi)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-crypto)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 75051eca74..5d7e66ccdc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages photo)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-crypto)
@@ -2702,38 +2703,6 @@ with sensible defaults out of the box.")
         (base32 "0njsm0wn31l21bi118g5825ma5sa3rwn7v2x4wjd7yiiahkri337"))))
     (arguments `())))
 
-(define-public python-wheel
-  (package
-    (name "python-wheel")
-    (version "0.33.6")
-    (source
-      (origin
-        (method url-fetch)
-        (uri (pypi-uri "wheel" version))
-        (sha256
-         (base32
-          "0ii6f34rvpjg3nmw4bc2h7fhdsy38y1h93hghncfs5akfrldmj8h"))))
-    (build-system python-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     ;; FIXME: The test suite runs "python setup.py bdist_wheel", which in turn
-     ;; fails to find the newly-built bdist_wheel library, even though it is
-     ;; available on PYTHONPATH.  What search path is consulted by setup.py?
-     '(#:tests? #f))
-    (home-page "https://bitbucket.org/pypa/wheel/")
-    (synopsis "Format for built Python packages")
-    (description
-     "A wheel is a ZIP-format archive with a specially formatted filename and
-the @code{.whl} extension.  It is designed to contain all the files for a PEP
-376 compatible install in a way that is very close to the on-disk format.  Many
-packages will be properly installed with only the @code{Unpack} step and the
-unpacked archive preserves enough information to @code{Spread} (copy data and
-scripts to their final locations) at any later time.  Wheel files can be
-installed with a newer @code{pip} or with wheel's own command line utility.")
-    (license license:expat)))
-
-(define-public python2-wheel
-  (package-with-python2 python-wheel))
-
 (define-public python-vcversioner
   (package
     (name "python-vcversioner")
@@ -4044,27 +4013,6 @@ which can produce feeds in RSS 2.0, RSS 0.91, and Atom formats.")
 (define-public python2-feedgenerator
   (package-with-python2 python-feedgenerator))
 
-(define-public python-toml
-  (package
-    (name "python-toml")
-    (version "0.10.1")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (pypi-uri "toml" version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32
-         "03wbqm5cn685cwx2664hjdpz370njl7lf0yal8s0dkp5w4mn2swj"))))
-    (build-system python-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:tests? #f))                     ;no tests suite in release
-    (home-page "https://github.com/uiri/toml")
-    (synopsis "Library for TOML")
-    (description
-     "@code{toml} is a library for parsing and creating Tom's Obvious, Minimal
-Language (TOML) configuration files.")
-    (license license:expat)))
-
 (define-public python-jsonrpc-server
   (package
     (name "python-jsonrpc-server")
@@ -8247,16 +8195,8 @@ PEP 8.")
 
 (define-public python-pep517
   (package
+    (inherit python-pep517-bootstrap)
     (name "python-pep517")
-    (version "0.8.2")
-    (source
-      (origin
-        (method url-fetch)
-        (uri (pypi-uri "pep517" version))
-        (sha256
-         (base32
-          "17m2bcabx3sr5wjalgzppfx5xahqrwm12zq58h68mm482b7rjqcf"))))
-    (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
@@ -8272,15 +8212,7 @@ PEP 8.")
      `(("python-mock" ,python-mock)
        ("python-pytest" ,python-pytest)
        ("python-testpath" ,python-testpath)))
-    (propagated-inputs
-     `(("python-toml" ,python-toml)
-       ("python-wheel" ,python-wheel)))
-    (home-page "https://github.com/pypa/pep517")
-    (synopsis "Wrappers to build Python packages using PEP 517 hooks")
-    (description
-     "Wrappers to build Python packages using PEP 517 hooks.")
-    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-pep517))))
-    (license license:expat)))
+    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-pep517))))))
 
 ;; Skip the tests so we don't create a cyclical dependency with pytest.
 (define-public python2-pep517
@@ -13162,26 +13094,6 @@ powerful API: thread-safety; decorator syntax; support for memcached, redis,
 database, file, dict stores.  Cachy supports python versions 2.7+ and 3.2+.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
-(define-public python-poetry-core
-  (package
-    (name "python-poetry-core")
-    (version "1.0.0")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (pypi-uri "poetry-core" version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "1mgv276h1iphn5fqhp2sgkgd5d0c39hs33vgaf157x5ri7rlyrka"))))
-    (build-system python-build-system)
-    (home-page "https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry-core")
-    (synopsis "Poetry PEP 517 build back-end")
-    (description
-     "The @code{poetry-core} module provides a PEP 517 build back-end
-implementation developed for Poetry.  This project is intended to be
-a light weight, fully compliant, self-contained package allowing PEP 517
-compatible build front-ends to build Poetry managed projects.")
-    (license license:expat)))
-
 (define-public poetry
   (package
     (name "poetry")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm b/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
index 182d2e21e5..7da42d958c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages graphviz)
   #:use-module (gnu packages image)
   #:use-module (gnu packages imagemagick)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-web)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
   #:use-module (gnu packages time))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index 5eaaf2681e..54b9a334b5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-web)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
index 10eae8ea7d..7825a76ee2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages polkit)
   #:use-module (gnu packages protobuf)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-build)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-crypto)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python-web)