Modern build system

HISTORY.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.4.1.post0+emmv
+------------------
+
+- Migrated build system to PEP 517/621.
+- Added pyproject.toml with modern metadata.
+- Declared dynamic readme using setuptools to combine README.rst and HISTORY.txt.
+- Removed legacy setup.py-based build path to avoid deprecation warnings.
+
 
 1.4.1 (unreleased)
 ------------------

README.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 *docxcompose* is a Python library for concatenating/appending Microsoft
 Word (.docx) files.
 
+This fork adds the PR 112, Fixed DeprecationWarning on pkg_import, by
+@numshub
+and modernizes the build system for Python >= 3.8.
+
 
 Example usage
 -------------

docxcompose/properties.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from lxml.etree import QName
 from six import binary_type
 from six import text_type
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib.resources as importlib_resources
 import re
 
 
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ def __init__(self, doc):
             self._element = parse_xml(part.blob)
 
     def _part_template(self):
-        return pkg_resources.resource_string(
-            'docxcompose', 'templates/custom.xml')
+        ref = importlib_resources.files('docxcompose').joinpath('templates/custom.xml')
+        return ref.read_bytes()
 
     def _update_part(self):
         if self.part is None:

pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "docxcompose"
+version = "1.4.1.post0+emmv"         # PEP 440-valid
+description = "Compose .docx documents"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+license = { text = "MIT License" }
+
+authors = [
+  { name = "Thomas Buchberger", email = "t.buchberger@4teamwork.ch" },
+]
+maintainers = [
+  { name = "Emmanuel Viennet" }
+]
+
+keywords = ["Python", "DOCX", "Word", "OOXML"]
+
+classifiers = [
+  "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+  "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+  "lxml",
+  "python-docx>=0.8.8",
+  "six",
+  "Babel",                         # (same as 'babel'; keep if upstream uses it)
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = ["pytest"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+docxcompose = "docxcompose.command:main"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/emmanuelito/docxcompose"
+Repository = "https://github.com/emmanuelito/docxcompose"
+
+
+# declare readme dynamically via setuptools
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+readme = { file = ["README.rst", "HISTORY.txt"], content-type = "text/x-rst" }