Add pyproject.toml for modern Python packaging

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by reading setup.py and the existing packaging configuration, then review the PEP 517/518 requirements for pyproject.toml. Define the build system, project metadata, version-ranged dependencies, and optional development dependencies while preserving the CUDA extension build logic. Verify that pip install -e . works cleanly and that the requested dependency and metadata behavior is represented.

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Description

Problem

The project uses a legacy setup.py as the sole packaging configuration. Modern Python packaging uses pyproject.toml (PEP 517/518).

Also, setup.py hardcodes nvidia-cutlass-dsl==4.4.2 as the only dependency — no version range flexibility.

Recommendation

Add a pyproject.toml with:

  • Build system declaration (setuptools + CUDA extension)
  • Project metadata (name, version, description, license, Python version)
  • Dependencies with version ranges (e.g., nvidia-cutlass-dsl>=4.4,<4.5)
  • Optional dev dependencies (pytest, mypy, ruff)

Keep setup.py only for the CUDA extension build logic, or migrate fully to pyproject.toml + a build script.

Impact

Modernization. Enables pip install -e . to work cleanly, makes dependency resolution smarter, and follows current Python packaging standards.

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