Installing a custom package in the PyApp build

[gh2023-aesun]

I have a python package (my_project) that imports helper modules from a local custom package (my_helpers).  During development I setup a .venv using uv and append the location of the custom package to the pythonpath when the .venv is activated (by modifying .venv/bin/activate and .venv/bin/deactivate).  This works fine during development using vscode but I'm having trouble using PyApp to create an executable for my_project.

When I run the my_project executable to create the virtual environment, my_helpers is not in the pip list.  If I run my_project  (to create the virtual environment), install the my_helpers.whl in the virtual environment and re-run my_project, it executes fine.  So I either need to install the .whl at build time or get PyApp to use the input paths of the development .venv.

I've tried:

• Installing the my_helpers.whl in the development .venv prior to the cargo build --release

• Using a PYAPP_PROJECT_DEPENDENCY_FILE="requirements.txt"

  /path/to/my_helpers.whl
  ...
  

• Activating the development .venv prior to running cargo build --release

I'm not sure if this is causing the issue but my PyApp is not in the same folder as my_project, where the development .venv is.

Can someone outline to correct way to include a custom package into the final build please; via a .whl , the pyproject.toml, the dev .venv or any other method?

Thank you.