Update CI, setup.py and docs to use dev.py

.github/workflows/build-debian-multiarch.yml

@@ -96,13 +96,11 @@ jobs:
         install: ${{ env.INSTALL_CMD }}
 
         # Build a wheel, install it for running unit tests.
-        # --no-build-isolation is passed so that preinstalled meson-python can be used
-        # (done for optimization reasons)
+        # pip does not know that ninja is installed, and tries to install it again.
+        # so pass --ignore-dep ninja explicitly
         run: |
-          echo "\nBuilding pygame wheel\n"
-          pip3 wheel . --no-build-isolation --wheel-dir /artifacts -vvv
-          echo "\nInstalling wheel\n"
-          pip3 install --no-index --pre --break-system-packages --find-links /artifacts pygame-ce
+          echo "\nBuilding and installing pygame wheel\n"
+          PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1 python3 dev.py --ignore-dep ninja build --wheel /artifacts --lax
           echo "\nRunning tests\n"
           export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=dummy
           export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=disk

.github/workflows/build-on-msys2.yml

@@ -69,12 +69,10 @@ jobs:
           # mingw-w64-${{ matrix.env }}-freetype
           # mingw-w64-${{ matrix.env }}-portmidi
 
-      - name: Building pygame wheel
-        run: |
-          pip3 wheel . --wheel-dir /artifacts -vvv --no-build-isolation
-
-      - name: Installing wheel
-        run: pip3 install --no-index --pre --find-links /artifacts pygame-ce
+      # pip does not know that ninja is installed, and tries to install it again.
+      # so pass --ignore-dep ninja explicitly
+      - name: Build and install pygame wheel
+        run: python3 dev.py --ignore-dep ninja build --wheel /artifacts --lax
 
       - name: Run tests
         env:

.github/workflows/build-sdl3.yml

@@ -74,12 +74,8 @@ jobs:
         cmake --build . --config Release --parallel
         sudo cmake --install . --config Release
 
-    - name: Make sdist and install it
-      run: >
-        python3 -m pip install . -v -Csetup-args=-Dsdl_api=3
-        -Csetup-args=-Dimage=disabled
-        -Csetup-args=-Dmixer=disabled
-        -Csetup-args=-Dfont=disabled
+    - name: Build with SDL3
+      run: python3 dev.py build --sdl3
 
     # - name: Run tests
     #   env:

.github/workflows/build-ubuntu-coverage.yml

@@ -61,22 +61,17 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/[email protected]
 
     - name: Install deps
-      # install numpy from pip and not apt because the one from pip is newer,
-      # and has typestubs
       # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/7192
       # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/47863
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
         sudo apt-get install lcov -y
         sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libfreetype6-dev libportmidi-dev python3-dev -y
-        pip3 install --upgrade pip
-        pip3 install meson-python ninja cython "sphinx<=7.2.6"  # because we are doing --no-build-isolation
-        pip3 install numpy>=1.21.0
 
     - name: Build with coverage hooks and install
       id: build
       run: |
-        pip3 install -e . --no-build-isolation -Cbuild-dir=./.mesonpy-rel -Csetup-args=-Dcoverage=true
+        python3 dev.py build --coverage
 
     - name: Run tests
       env:

.github/workflows/build-ubuntu-sdist.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false  # if a particular matrix build fails, don't skip the rest
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-24.04, ubuntu-22.04]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
 
     env:
       # Pip now forces us to either make a venv or set this flag, so we will do
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ jobs:
 
     # We upload the generated files under github actions assets
     - name: Upload sdist
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04' # upload sdist only once
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: pygame-wheels-sdist

.github/workflows/dev-check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: python3 dev.py all
+
+# Run CI on changes to main branch, or any PR to main. Do not run CI on
+# any other branch.
+# Run on changes to all files.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: main
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches: main
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-dev-check
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  dev-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    env:
+      # Pip now forces us to either make a venv or set this flag, so we will do
+      # this
+      PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES: 1
+
+      # We are using dependencies installed from apt
+      PG_DEPS_FROM_SYSTEM: 1
+
+      # environment variables to set while testing
+      SDL_VIDEODRIVER: "dummy"
+      SDL_AUDIODRIVER: "disk"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/[email protected]
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
+          sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libfreetype6-dev libportmidi-dev python3-dev
+
+      - name: Check dev.py all
+        run: python3 dev.py all

docs/README.md

@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ but the documentation can also be launched with `python -m pygame.docs`
 
 Steps:
 
-- Install Sphinx (`pip install Sphinx`)
 - Fork the pygame-ce repository, download and navigate to it in the terminal
-- Run `python -m buildconfig docs`
+- Run `python dev.py docs`
 - If you are using the legacy `python setup.py docs` (which is now deprecated):
   - (Run `python -m pip install -U pip setuptools` first if `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named setuptools` occurs)
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ is useful when editing the theme CSS.
 
 
 --- **INSTEAD USE** ---
-There is also `python -m buildconfig docs full_generation` for regenerating
+There is also `python dev.py docs --full` for regenerating
 everything regardless of whether Sphinx thinks it should be regenerated. This
 is useful when editing the theme CSS.
 

setup.py

@@ -807,11 +807,9 @@ def run(self):
         runs Sphinx to build the docs.
         '''
         import subprocess
-        command_line = [
-            sys.executable, "-m", "buildconfig", "docs"
-        ]
+        command_line = [sys.executable, "dev.py", "docs"]
         if self.fullgeneration:
-            command_line.append('full_generation')
+            command_line.append('--full')
 
         print("WARNING: This command is deprecated and will be removed in the future.")
         print(f"Please use the following replacement: `{' '.join(command_line)}`\n")
@@ -834,9 +832,7 @@ def run(self):
         runs mypy to build the docs.
         '''
         import subprocess
-        command_line = [
-            sys.executable, os.path.join("buildconfig", "stubs", "stubcheck.py")
-        ]
+        command_line = [sys.executable, "dev.py", "stubs"]
         print("WARNING: This command is deprecated and will be removed in the future.")
         print(f"Please use the following replacement: `{' '.join(command_line)}`\n")
         result = subprocess.run(command_line)