This release adds support for Python 3.11 and removes support for Python 2.7 and 3.5 (#688). Testing and static checking improved, including being fully statically typed internally (though setuptools is not fully typed, so it is of limited use).

All deprecated setuptools/distutils features are also deprecated in scikit-build, like the test command, easy_install, etc. Editable mode is still unsupported. Python 3.6 support is deprecated. Older versions of CMake (<3.15) are not recommended; a future version will remove support for older CMake's (along with providing a better mechanism for ensuring a proper CMake is available). If you need any of these features, please open or find an issue explaining what and why you need something.

New Features

• Cython module now supports FindPython mode. #743
• PyPy is discovered without extra settings in FindPython mode #744

Bug fixes

• FindPython mode uses a new path specification, should help make it usable. #774
• Better flushing and output streams for more consistent output ordering. #781