Ian Bell 6e6363f7f8 Modernize Python build system to use scikit-build-core ...

This commit replaces the old setuptools-based build system with a modern
scikit-build-core + CMake build system for the Python bindings.

Key changes:
- Replace setup.py with pyproject.toml using scikit-build-core backend
- Create new CMakeLists.txt for Cython module compilation
- Add FindCython.cmake helper module
- Update README from .rst to .md format
- Enable incremental builds with proper CMake dependency tracking
- Support Python 3.8-3.14 with proper Cython directives

Benefits:
- Incremental builds work correctly (only rebuild changed files)
- Modern PEP 517/518 compliant build system
- Build artifacts cached in build/{wheel_tag} directories
- Better integration with pip and modern Python tooling
- No more need for custom _py_backend build hooks

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

2025-10-10 09:26:37 -04:00

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FindCython.cmake

Modernize Python build system to use scikit-build-core

2025-10-10 09:26:37 -04:00