Install Rally in PEP 517 mode

.ci/variables.json

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "prerequisite_versions": {
     "PIP": "22.2",
-    "SETUPTOOLS": "63.2.0",
     "WHEEL": "0.37.1"
   },
   "python_versions": {

Makefile

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export PY38 = $(shell jq -r '.python_versions.PY38' .ci/variables.json)
 export PY39 = $(shell jq -r '.python_versions.PY39' .ci/variables.json)
 export PY310 = $(shell jq -r '.python_versions.PY310' .ci/variables.json)
 export PIP_VERSION = $(shell jq -r '.prerequisite_versions.PIP' .ci/variables.json)
-export SETUPTOOLS_VERSION = $(shell jq -r '.prerequisite_versions.SETUPTOOLS' .ci/variables.json)
 export WHEEL_VERSION = $(shell jq -r '.prerequisite_versions.WHEEL' .ci/variables.json)
 VIRTUAL_ENV ?= .venv
 VENV_ACTIVATE_FILE = $(VIRTUAL_ENV)/bin/activate
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ check-venv:
 	fi
 
 install-user: venv-create
-	. $(VENV_ACTIVATE_FILE); $(PIP_WRAPPER) install --upgrade pip==$(PIP_VERSION) setuptools==$(SETUPTOOLS_VERSION) wheel==$(WHEEL_VERSION)
+	. $(VENV_ACTIVATE_FILE); $(PIP_WRAPPER) install --upgrade pip==$(PIP_VERSION) wheel==$(WHEEL_VERSION)
 	. $(VENV_ACTIVATE_FILE); $(PIP_WRAPPER) install -e .
 
 install: install-user

docker/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile-dev

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ WORKDIR /rally
 # Wipe away any lingering caches, copied over from the local machine
 RUN find /rally -name "__pycache__" -exec rm -rf -- \{\} \; 2>/dev/null || true
 RUN find /rally -name ".pyc" -exec rm -rf -- \{\} \; 2>/dev/null || true
-RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip wheel
 RUN pip3 install /rally
 
 ################################################################################

docker/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile-release

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN apt-get -y update && \
 RUN groupadd --gid 1000 rally && \
     useradd -d /rally -m -k /dev/null -g 1000 -N -u 1000 -l -s /bin/bash rally
 
-RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip wheel
 RUN pip3 install esrally==$RALLY_VERSION
 
 WORKDIR /rally

run.sh

@@ -28,18 +28,17 @@
 readonly BINARY_NAME="${__RALLY_INTERNAL_BINARY_NAME}"
 readonly HUMAN_NAME="${__RALLY_INTERNAL_HUMAN_NAME}"
 
-install_esrally_with_setuptools () {
+install_esrally() {
     # Check if optional parameter with Rally binary path, points to an existing executable file.
     if [[ $# -ge 1 && -n $1 ]]; then
         if [[ -f $1 && -x $1 ]]; then return; fi
     fi
 
     if [[ ${IN_VIRTUALENV} == 0 ]]; then
-        # https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html suggests not invoking setup.py directly
-        # Also workaround system pip conflicts, https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5599
-        python3 -m pip install --quiet --user --upgrade --no-use-pep517 --editable .[develop]
+        # Workaround system pip conflicts, see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5599
+        python3 -m pip install --quiet --user --upgrade --editable .[develop]
     else
-        python3 -m pip install --quiet --upgrade --no-use-pep517 --editable .[develop]
+        python3 -m pip install --quiet --upgrade --editable .[develop]
     fi
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ then
       then
         echo "Auto-updating Rally from ${REMOTE}"
         git rebase ${REMOTE}/master --quiet
-        install_esrally_with_setuptools
+        install_esrally
       #else
       # offline - skipping update
       fi
@@ -125,14 +124,14 @@ if [[ $IN_VIRTUALENV == 0 ]]
 then
     RALLY_ROOT=$(python3 -c "import site; print(site.USER_BASE)")
     RALLY_BIN=${RALLY_ROOT}/bin/${BINARY_NAME}
-    install_esrally_with_setuptools "${RALLY_BIN}"
+    install_esrally "${RALLY_BIN}"
     if [[ -x $RALLY_BIN ]]; then
         ${RALLY_BIN} "$@"
     else
         echo "Cannot execute ${HUMAN_NAME} in ${RALLY_BIN}."
     fi
 else
-    install_esrally_with_setuptools "${BINARY_NAME}"
+    install_esrally "${BINARY_NAME}"
 
     ${BINARY_NAME} "$@"
 fi

tox.ini

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #
 ###############################################################################
 [tox]
+isolated_build = True
 envlist =
     py{38,39,310}-unit
     py{38,39,310}-it