PEP 735: optional-dependencies → dependency-groups

This way test dependencies won't appear as runtime dependencies in PiPy:
	https://pypi.org/project/numcodecs/

Author: DimitriPapadopoulos

.github/workflows/ci-i386.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install zfp and numcodecs
         run: |
           uv venv
-          uv pip install --group dev
+          uv pip install --group dev --group test --group  test-extras
           PYTHON_INCLUDE=$(uv run python -c 'from sysconfig import get_paths; print(get_paths()["include"])');
           PYTHON_LIB=$(uv run python -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBDIR"))');
           git clone https://github.com/LLNL/zfp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           uv run sudo make -C zfp/build install
           uv pip install ./zfp
           uv pip install --no-build-isolation -v .
-          uv pip install "numcodecs[test,test_extras,msgpack,google_crc32c,crc32c,zfpy]"
+          uv pip install "numcodecs[msgpack,google_crc32c,crc32c,zfpy]"
         shell: alpine.sh {0}
 
       - name: List installed packages

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # TODO: Remove this conditional when pcodec supports Python 3.14
           if [[ "${{ matrix.python-version }}" == "3.14" ]]; then
-            python -m pip install -v ".[test,test_extras,msgpack,google_crc32c,crc32c,zfpy]"
+            python -m pip install -v \
+              --group test --group test_extras \
+              ".[msgpack,google_crc32c,crc32c,zfpy]"
           else
-            python -m pip install -v ".[test,test_extras,msgpack,google_crc32c,crc32c,pcodec,zfpy]"
+            python -m pip install -v \
+              --group test --group test_extras \
+              ".[msgpack,google_crc32c,crc32c,pcodec,zfpy]"
           fi
 
       - name: List installed packages
@@ -85,12 +89,15 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: 'pip'
 
+      - name: Upgrade pip
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip 
+
       - name: Install numcodecs
         run: |
           if [[ -n "${{ matrix.extras }}" ]]; then
-            python -m pip install -v ".[${{ matrix.extras }},test]"
+            python -m pip install -v --group test ".[${{ matrix.extras }}]"
           else
-            python -m pip install -v ".[test]"
+            python -m pip install -v --group test .
           fi
 
       - name: List installed packages
@@ -135,9 +142,15 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: 'pip'
 
+      - name: Upgrade pip
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip 
+
       - name: Install numcodecs and Zarr
         run: |
-          python -m pip install -v ".[test,test_extras]" "${{ matrix.zarr-pkg }}" crc32c
+          python -m pip install -v \
+            --group test --group test_extras \
+           . "${{ matrix.zarr-pkg }}" crc32c
+
       - name: List installed packages
         run: python -m pip list
 

docs/contributing.md

@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ bootstrap the build dependencies, then install numcodecs in editable mode:
 
 ```
 $ uv venv
-$ uv pip install --group dev
-$ uv pip install --no-build-isolation -e ".[test,test_extras,msgpack]"
+$ uv pip install --group dev --group test --group test_extras
+$ uv pip install --no-build-isolation -e ".[msgpack]"
 ```
 
 The first ``uv pip install`` step bootstraps the build tools into the virtualenv.
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ $ python -m venv venv
 $ source venv/bin/activate        # macOS/Linux
 $ # .\venv\Scripts\activate       # Windows
 
-$ pip install --group dev
-$ pip install --no-build-isolation -e ".[test,test_extras,msgpack]"
+$ pip install --group dev --group test --group test_extras
+$ pip install --no-build-isolation -e ".[msgpack]"
 $ pytest -v
 ```
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ crc32c = [
 google_crc32c = [
     "google-crc32c>=1.5"
 ]
+
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+    "meson-python>=0.17",
+    "meson>=1.6.0",
+    "ninja",
+    "cython>=3.0",
+    "setuptools-scm>=6.2",
+    "numpy>=2",
+]
 docs = [
     "sphinx",
     "sphinx-issues",
@@ -79,16 +89,6 @@ test_extras = [
     "importlib_metadata",
     "crc32c",  # TODO: remove once zarr-python does not depend on crc32c anymore
 ]
-
-[dependency-groups]
-dev = [
-    "meson-python>=0.17",
-    "meson>=1.6.0",
-    "ninja",
-    "cython>=3.0",
-    "setuptools-scm>=6.2",
-    "numpy>=2",
-]
 test-zarr-308 = [
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ warn_unused_configs = true
 # meson-python editable installs require build deps (ninja, meson) at runtime for
 # auto-rebuild on import. Skip build isolation so the venv's ninja is used.
 # The "dev" dependency group provides these build tools. Bootstrap with:
-# `uv pip install --group dev` before running
-# `uv pip install --no-build-isolation -e ".[test,test_extras,msgpack]"`.
+# `uv pip install --group dev --group test --group test_extras` before running
+# `uv pip install --no-build-isolation -e ".[msgpack]"`.
 no-build-isolation-package = ["numcodecs"]
 conflicts = [
     # Zarr versions conflict with each other