mesonbuild / mesonbuild/meson-python
Editable install of a PEP 420 namespace package shadows other packages in the same namespace
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Description
When a Python package using a [PEP 420](https://peps.python.org/pep-0420) implicit namespace is installed in **editable** mode, it shadows/hides other packages installed in the same namespace. This makes the other packages in the shared namespace un-importable, leading to `ModuleNotFoundError`.
_Note: It's the same for both src and flat layouts._
**Steps to reproduce:**
Here is a minimal example with two packages, `project-dep` and `project-main`, which both live in the `company_namespace` implicit namespace. `project-main` depends on `project-dep`.
- **`project-dep`:**
```sh
project-dep/
├── pyproject.toml
└── company_namespace/
└── project_dep/
└── __init__.py
```
- **`project-main`:**
```sh
project-main/
├── pyproject.toml # dependencies: ["project-dep"]
├── meson.build
└── company_namespace/
└── project_main/
├── __init__.py
└── native.c
```
- **Setup:**
```sh
# Install build requirements
pip install meson-python
# Install project-dep
pip install ./project-dep
# Install project-main as editable
pip install --no-build-isolation -e ./project-main
```
- **Test:**
```sh
python
```
```py
>>> import company_namespace.project_main # This works fine
>>> import company_namespace.project_dep # ModuleNotFoundError
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
import platform
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'company_namespace.project_dep'
```
**Example**
A ready-to-use example is set up here: [https://github.com/bastiensoucasse/mesonpy-namespace-editable](https://github.com/bastiensoucasse/mesonpy-namespace-editable).
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Research direction
Start with the two example projects' pyproject.toml files and project-main's meson.build, then reproduce the editable install using the listed pip commands. Investigate why importing project-main prevents project-dep from being found in the shared company_namespace; done means both imports work for src and flat layouts.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100