Introduce non-package-mode

src/poetry/core/factory.py

@@ -58,9 +58,12 @@ def create_poetry(
             raise RuntimeError("The Poetry configuration is invalid:\n" + message)
 
         # Load package
-        name = local_config["name"]
+        # If name or version were missing in package mode, we would have already
+        # raised an error, so we can safely assume they might only be missing
+        # in non-package mode and use some dummy values in this case.
+        name = local_config.get("name", "non-package-mode")
         assert isinstance(name, str)
-        version = local_config["version"]
+        version = local_config.get("version", "0")
         assert isinstance(version, str)
         package = self.get_package(name, version)
         package = self.configure_package(
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ def configure_package(
 
         package.root_dir = root
 
-        for author in config["authors"]:
+        for author in config.get("authors", []):
             package.authors.append(combine_unicode(author))
 
         for maintainer in config.get("maintainers", []):
@@ -389,6 +392,22 @@ def validate(
         # Schema validation errors
         validation_errors = validate_object(config, "poetry-schema")
 
+        # json validation may only say "data cannot be validated by any definition",
+        # which is quite vague, so we try to give a more precise error message
+        generic_error = "data cannot be validated by any definition"
+        if generic_error in validation_errors:
+            package_mode = config.get("package-mode", True)
+            if not isinstance(package_mode, bool):
+                validation_errors[validation_errors.index(generic_error)] = (
+                    f"Invalid value for package-mode: {package_mode}"
+                )
+            elif package_mode:
+                required = {"name", "version", "description", "authors"}
+                if missing := required.difference(config):
+                    validation_errors[validation_errors.index(generic_error)] = (
+                        f"The fields {sorted(missing)} are required in package mode."
+                    )
+
         result["errors"] += validation_errors
 
         if strict:

src/poetry/core/json/schemas/poetry-schema.json

@@ -3,13 +3,34 @@
   "name": "Package",
   "type": "object",
   "additionalProperties": true,
-  "required": [
-    "name",
-    "version",
-    "description",
-    "authors"
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "required": [
+        "package-mode"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "package-mode": {
+          "enum": [
+            false
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "required": [
+        "name",
+        "version",
+        "description",
+        "authors"
+      ]
+    }
   ],
   "properties": {
+    "package-mode": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": true,
+      "description": "Whether Poetry is operated in package mode or non-package mode."
+    },
     "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Package name."

src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/builder.py

@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ def __init__(
     ) -> None:
         from poetry.core.masonry.metadata import Metadata
 
+        if not poetry.is_package_mode:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Building a package is not possible in non-package mode."
+            )
+
         self._poetry = poetry
         self._package = poetry.package
         self._path: Path = poetry.pyproject_path.parent

src/poetry/core/poetry.py

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ def pyproject_path(self) -> Path:
     def package(self) -> ProjectPackage:
         return self._package
 
+    @property
+    def is_package_mode(self) -> bool:
+        package_mode = self._local_config["package-mode"]
+        assert isinstance(package_mode, bool)
+        return package_mode
+
     @property
     def local_config(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return self._local_config

tests/fixtures/invalid_mode/pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+package-mode = "invalid"

tests/fixtures/non_package_mode/pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+package-mode = false
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.8"
+cleo = "^0.6"
+pendulum = { git = "https://github.com/sdispater/pendulum.git", branch = "2.0" }

tests/json/test_poetry_schema.py

@@ -39,6 +39,35 @@ def multi_url_object() -> dict[str, Any]:
     }
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("explicit", [True, False])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "missing_required", ["", "name", "version", "description", "authors"]
+)
+def test_package_mode(
+    base_object: dict[str, Any], explicit: bool, missing_required: str
+) -> None:
+    if explicit:
+        base_object["package-mode"] = True
+    if missing_required:
+        del base_object[missing_required]
+        assert len(validate_object(base_object, "poetry-schema")) == 1
+    else:
+        assert len(validate_object(base_object, "poetry-schema")) == 0
+
+
+def test_non_package_mode_no_metadata() -> None:
+    assert len(validate_object({"package-mode": False}, "poetry-schema")) == 0
+
+
+def test_non_package_mode_with_metadata(base_object: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    base_object["package-mode"] = False
+    assert len(validate_object(base_object, "poetry-schema")) == 0
+
+
+def test_invalid_mode() -> None:
+    assert len(validate_object({"package-mode": "foo"}, "poetry-schema")) == 1
+
+
 def test_path_dependencies(base_object: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     base_object["dependencies"].update({"foo": {"path": "../foo"}})
     base_object["dev-dependencies"].update({"foo": {"path": "../foo"}})

tests/masonry/builders/test_builder.py

@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@
     from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
 
+def test_building_not_possible_in_non_package_mode() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as err:
+        Builder(
+            Factory().create_poetry(
+                Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "fixtures" / "non_package_mode"
+            )
+        )
+
+    assert str(err.value) == "Building a package is not possible in non-package mode."
+
+
 def test_builder_find_excluded_files(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     p = mocker.patch("poetry.core.vcs.git.Git.get_ignored_files")
     p.return_value = []
@@ -190,7 +201,7 @@ def test_missing_script_files_throws_error() -> None:
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as err:
         builder.convert_script_files()
 
-    assert "is not found." in err.value.args[0]
+    assert "is not found." in str(err.value)
 
 
 def test_invalid_script_files_definition() -> None:
@@ -203,8 +214,8 @@ def test_invalid_script_files_definition() -> None:
             )
         )
 
-    assert "configuration is invalid" in err.value.args[0]
-    assert "scripts.invalid_definition" in err.value.args[0]
+    assert "configuration is invalid" in str(err.value)
+    assert "scripts.invalid_definition" in str(err.value)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(

tests/masonry/test_builder.py

@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ def test_builder_factory_raises_error_when_format_is_not_valid() -> None:
         Builder(get_poetry("complete")).build("not_valid")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("format", ["sdist", "wheel", "all"])
+def test_builder_raises_error_in_non_package_mode(tmp_path: Path, format: str) -> None:
+    poetry = Factory().create_poetry(
+        Path(__file__).parent.parent / "fixtures" / "non_package_mode"
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as err:
+        Builder(poetry).build(format, target_dir=tmp_path)
+
+    assert str(err.value) == "Building a package is not possible in non-package mode."
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("format", ["sdist", "wheel", "all"])
 def test_builder_creates_places_built_files_in_specified_directory(
     tmp_path: Path, format: str

tests/test_factory.py

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 def test_create_poetry() -> None:
     poetry = Factory().create_poetry(fixtures_dir / "sample_project")
 
+    assert poetry.is_package_mode
+
     package = poetry.package
 
     assert package.name == "my-package"
@@ -237,6 +239,12 @@ def test_create_poetry_with_multi_constraints_dependency() -> None:
     assert len(package.requires) == 2
 
 
+def test_create_poetry_non_package_mode() -> None:
+    poetry = Factory().create_poetry(fixtures_dir / "non_package_mode")
+
+    assert not poetry.is_package_mode
+
+
 def test_validate() -> None:
     complete = fixtures_dir / "complete.toml"
     with complete.open("rb") as f:
@@ -269,8 +277,8 @@ def test_validate_without_strict_fails_only_non_strict() -> None:
     assert Factory.validate(content) == {
         "errors": [
             (
-                "data must contain ['authors', 'description', 'name', 'version'] "
-                "properties"
+                "The fields ['authors', 'description', 'name', 'version']"
+                " are required in package mode."
             ),
         ],
         "warnings": [],
@@ -288,8 +296,8 @@ def test_validate_strict_fails_strict_and_non_strict() -> None:
     assert Factory.validate(content, strict=True) == {
         "errors": [
             (
-                "data must contain ['authors', 'description', 'name', 'version']"
-                " properties"
+                "The fields ['authors', 'description', 'name', 'version']"
+                " are required in package mode."
             ),
             (
                 'Cannot find dependency "missing_extra" for extra "some-extras" in '
@@ -354,7 +362,20 @@ def test_create_poetry_fails_on_invalid_configuration() -> None:
 
     expected = """\
 The Poetry configuration is invalid:
-  - data must contain ['description'] properties
+  - The fields ['description'] are required in package mode.
+"""
+    assert str(e.value) == expected
+
+
+def test_create_poetry_fails_on_invalid_mode() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as e:
+        Factory().create_poetry(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures" / "invalid_mode" / "pyproject.toml"
+        )
+
+    expected = """\
+The Poetry configuration is invalid:
+  - Invalid value for package-mode: invalid
 """
     assert str(e.value) == expected