Specifying package data in pyproject.toml

Question

I use setuptools. In setup.cfg, I can define

[options.package_data]
myModule =
    '*.csv'

to make sure that data will be installed for my users.

Can I achive the same with pyproject.toml instead?

Answer 1

if I understand your concern, you are using setuptools as a building and distributing system and you want to move some configs from setup.[py,cfg] namely package_data to pyproject.toml, if so you have to use an other tool to build and distribute your package e.g poetry as stated in @Romibuzi's answer because it's not possible unless the setuptools' team plan a new major release to include a full support of pyproject.toml and then no need for extra/standalone config setup.cfg file.

some references:

• https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/quickstart.html#basic-use
• https://discuss.python.org/t/where-to-get-started-with-pyproject-toml/4906/4

Update

as per v61.0.0, setuptools brings a partial support (still in beta version) for this feature.

refer to @LudvigH's answer. (thank you btw)