setuptools-scm-stub
Stub for setuptools-scm that uses a hardcoded version—the value of
$SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION—instead.
Why?
setuptools-scm's raison d'être is to extract the version from a .git/.hg
subdirectory, which is incompatible with reproducible builds as those
directories are not reproducible in the slightest, and is hence usually removed.
It does, however, let you override the version with a hardcoded value too,
albeit it's implementation thereof is rather poor.
Ergo, setuptools-scm sans the “scm” gives you an over-engineered package that
mutates a singular variable: one that releases much too frequently, and of—to
put it mildly—questionable quality; this stub's purpose is simply to reduce the
maintenance burden on packagers who have to deal with setuptools-scm for zero
reason.
How?
Simply install this package to the virtual environment in question, set the
SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION environment variable to the version you want to
use during the build, and it should just work. This package does, however,
assume that you're using a single virtual environment to build a single package,
as it does not support setting the hardcoded version for a specific named
package.