pyproject.toml: spydump should be script-file

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Please do not add screenshots unless the bug is purely graphical.
 **Environment:**
  - OS: [eg: Linux, MacOS, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)] add this as a label too!
  - Python version: [eg: 3.9.7]
- - Output of `firedrake-status`
+ - Output of `pip list`
  - Any relevant environment variables or modifications [eg: PYOP2_DEBUG=1]
 
 **Additional Info**

.github/workflows/core.yml

@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ jobs:
           pip cache remove slepc4py
 
           if [ ${{ inputs.target_branch }} = 'release' ]; then
+            EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS=''
             EXTRA_PIP_FLAGS=''
           else
             : # Install build dependencies
@@ -182,12 +183,13 @@ jobs:
             pip install --no-deps ngsPETSc netgen-mesher netgen-occt
 
             : # We have to pass '--no-build-isolation' to use a custom petsc4py
+            EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS='--no-isolation'
             EXTRA_PIP_FLAGS='--no-build-isolation'
           fi
 
           : # Install from an sdist so we can make sure that it is not ill-formed
           pip install build
-          python -m build ./firedrake-repo --sdist
+          python -m build ./firedrake-repo --sdist "$EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS"
 
           pip install --verbose $EXTRA_PIP_FLAGS \
             --no-binary h5py \

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-import firedrake
-version = "%d.%d" % firedrake.__version_info__[0:2]
+import importlib.metadata
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = firedrake.__version__
+release = importlib.metadata.version("firedrake")
+# Short version dropping the extra tags
+version = ".".join(release.split(".")[:3])
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

docs/source/install.rst

@@ -54,12 +54,11 @@ firedrake-configure
 To simplify the installation process, Firedrake provides a utility script called
 ``firedrake-configure``. This script can be downloaded by executing::
 
-  $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/firedrakeproject/firedrake/refs/tags/2025.4.0.post0/scripts/firedrake-configure
+  $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/firedrakeproject/firedrake/master/scripts/firedrake-configure
 
-Unlike the now deprecated ``firedrake-install`` script, ``firedrake-configure``
-**does not install Firedrake for you**. It is simply a helper script that emits
-the configuration options that Firedrake needs for the various steps needed
-during installation.
+Note that ``firedrake-configure`` **does not install Firedrake for you**. It
+is simply a helper script that emits the configuration options that Firedrake
+needs for the various steps needed during installation.
 
 To improve robustness, ``firedrake-configure`` is intentionally kept extremely
 minimal and simple. This means that if you want to install Firedrake in a

firedrake/__init__.py

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 from firedrake.variational_solver import *
 from firedrake.eigensolver import *
 from firedrake.vector import *
-from firedrake.version import __version__ as ver, __version_info__, check  # noqa: F401
 from firedrake.ensemble import *
 from firedrake.randomfunctiongen import *
 from firedrake.external_operators import *
@@ -89,12 +88,7 @@
 sys.modules["firedrake.plot"] = plot
 from firedrake.plot import *
 
-check()
-del check, sys
-
-from firedrake._version import get_versions
-__version__ = get_versions()['version']
-del get_versions
+del sys
 
 
 def set_blas_num_threads():
@@ -157,6 +151,3 @@ def warn_omp_num_threads():
     _init_event.end()
     del _init_event
 del _is_logging
-
-from . import _version
-__version__ = _version.get_versions()['version']