add proposed fixes from #8731 (#8771)

jtdavis777 · aardappel · web-flow · commit 88b033b96428 · 2025-11-17T13:46:41.000-08:00
Co-authored-by: Wouter van Oortmerssen &lt;aardappel@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python3 -m pip install setuptools wheel twine
+          python3 -m pip install build twine
 
       - name: Build
         run: |
-          python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+          python3 -m build .
 
       - name: Upload to PyPi
         run: |
diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 /dist/
 /*.egg-info/
+
+# this file is duplicated by the build step
+LICENSE

-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ @@ -1,2 +1,5 @@ @@
 /dist/
 /*.egg-info/
++
 +# this file is duplicated by the build step
 +LICENSE