Replace setup.py bdist_wheel with python -m build --wheel (#5310)

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Myachev <[email protected]>

Author: anmyachev

.github/workflows/build-test-reusable.yml

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           use_spirv_backend: ${{ inputs.use_spirv_backend }}
           command: >
             DEBUG=1
-            python setup.py bdist_wheel && pip install dist/*.whl
+            python -m build --wheel --no-isolation && pip install dist/*.whl
 
       - name: Set test-triton command line
         id: test-triton

.github/workflows/e2e-reusable.yml

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # cmake 3.22.1 does not work with the recent torchaudio: https://github.com/intel/intel-xpu-backend-for-triton/issues/2079
           # cmake<4.0.0 is required as a workaround for CMake Error at third_party/double-conversion/CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required)
-          pip install wheel 'cmake<4.0.0'
+          pip install wheel 'cmake<4.0.0' build
 
       - name: Setup PyTorch
         id: setup-pytorch
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ steps.triton-cache.outputs.status == 'miss' }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-triton
         with:
-          command: DEBUG=1 python setup.py bdist_wheel
+          command: DEBUG=1 python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
 
       - name: Install Triton
         run: |

.github/workflows/nightly-wheels.yml

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python build dependencies
         run: |
           # cmake 3.22.1 does not work with the recent torchaudio: https://github.com/intel/intel-xpu-backend-for-triton/issues/2079
-          pip install wheel cmake
+          pip install wheel cmake build
 
       - name: Setup PyTorch
         id: setup-pytorch
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           command: >
             DEBUG=1
-            python setup.py bdist_wheel && pip install dist/*.whl
+            python -m build --wheel --no-isolation && pip install dist/*.whl
 
       - name: Install torchvision package
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-dependency

.github/workflows/pip-test-windows.yml

@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ jobs:
           .venv\Scripts\activate.ps1
           Invoke-BatchFile "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64
           cd ${{ env.NEW_WORKSPACE }}
-          pip install -U wheel pybind11 cmake intel-sycl-rt==2025.2.1
-          python setup.py -v bdist_wheel
+          pip install -U wheel pybind11 'cmake>=3.20,<4.0' intel-sycl-rt==2025.2.1 build
+          # `build` can't determine that Ninja is already installed.
+          # similar issue: https://github.com/pypa/build/issues/506
+          python -m build --wheel --no-isolation --skip-dependency-check
           pip install (Get-Item ${{ env.NEW_WORKSPACE }}\dist\*.whl)
 
       - name: Triton version

.github/workflows/third-party-tests.yml

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Triton wheels
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-triton
         with:
-          command: DEBUG=1 python setup.py bdist_wheel
+          command: DEBUG=1 python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
 
       - name: Install Triton
         id: install

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=70.2.0", "cmake>=3.20,<4.0", "ninja==1.11.1.4", "pybind11>=2.13.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=70.2.0", "cmake>=3.20,<4.0", "ninja<1.13.0", "pybind11>=2.13.1"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.mypy]

python/requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 setuptools>=70.2.0
 wheel
+build
 cmake>=3.20,<4.0
-ninja>=1.11.1
+ninja<1.13.0
 pybind11>=2.13.1
 lit