Try to use pkgconf-pypi for blas dependency

Author: arcondello

README.rst

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ for more details.
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     pip install --group dev --group blas
-    pip install --editable . \
+    FORCE_PKGCONF_PYPI=1 pip install --editable . \
         --no-build-isolation \
         --config-settings=editable-verbose=true \
         --config-settings=setup-args="-Dblas=enabled"

dwave/optimization/_build/_find_openblas.py

@@ -60,30 +60,12 @@ dwave_optimization_dependencies = []
 # Set up BLAS. _find_openblas.py will return the include directory, the library
 # directory and the library name.
 if not get_option('blas').disabled()
-    blasinfo = run_command(
-        ['dwave/optimization/_build/_find_openblas.py'],
-        capture: true,
-        check: true
-    ).stdout().splitlines()
-    if blasinfo.length() != 0
-        assert(blasinfo.length() == 3, '_find_openblas.py returned an unexpected value')
-
-        dwave_optimization_dependencies += [
-            declare_dependency(
-                dependencies: cpp.find_library(
-                    blasinfo[2],
-                    dirs: blasinfo[1],
-                    required: true,
-                ),
-                include_directories: blasinfo[0],
-            )
-        ]
-    elif get_option('blas').enabled()
-        error(
-            'No BLAS available.' +
-            'Install scipy_openblas64 into the build environment or disable the blas user option'
-        )
-    endif
+    blas = dependency(
+        'scipy-openblas',
+        method: 'pkg-config',
+        required: get_option('blas').enabled(),
+    )
+    dwave_optimization_dependencies += [blas]
 endif
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'

meson.build

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Documentation = "https://docs.dwavequantum.com"
 [dependency-groups]
 blas = [
     # Optional build requirement, last refreshed April 2026
+    "pkgconf==2.5.1.post2",
     "scipy_openblas64==0.3.31.188.0",
 ]
 build = [
@@ -93,20 +94,18 @@ test = [
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
 build-verbosity = "1"
-skip = "pp* *musllinux*"
+skip = "*musllinux*"
 
-# When building with cibuildwheel, we want scipy_openblas64 available to the
-# build step. There isn't (as of Dec 2025) a way to override the
-# build-system.requires so we need to build without isolation
-before-build = "pip install --group blas-build"
+before-build = "pip install --group build"
 build-frontend = { name = "build", args = ["--no-isolation"] }
 
+# Customize the test running by installing our test requirements and by turning
+# on -Werror
 before-test = "pip install --group test"
 test-command = "python -Werror -m unittest discover {project}/tests/"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.config-settings]
 compile-args = ["-v"]
-setup-args = ["-Dblas=enabled"]  # require BLAS
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
 archs = "x86_64 aarch64"
@@ -115,11 +114,11 @@ archs = "x86_64 aarch64"
 # We follow NumPy and don't build universal wheels, see https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/20787
 archs = "x86_64 arm64"
 
-# Lowest version that has the C++ features we want, see https://cibuildwheel.pypa.io/en/stable/cpp_standards/
-environment = "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.13"
+environment = { MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = "10.13" }
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.windows]
 archs = "AMD64"
+
 repair-wheel-command = [
     "pip install delvewheel",
     # We put the commands in an .sh so we can use bash
@@ -130,34 +129,33 @@ repair-wheel-command = [
 # For Python3.12+, rather than building individual wheels we build an abi3
 # wheel. 313t and 314t do not support abi wheels yet.
 select = "cp31[!01]-*"  # uses fnmatch, will fail for 3.20+ but good enough for now
-build-frontend = { name = "build", args = ["-Csetup-args=-Dpython.allow_limited_api=true", "--no-isolation"] }
+
+inherit.config-settings = "append"
+config-settings = { "setup-args" = ["-Dpython.allow_limited_api=true"] }
+
 inherit.repair-wheel-command = "append"
 repair-wheel-command = [
     "pip install abi3audit",
     "abi3audit --strict --report {wheel}",
 ]
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
-select = "*-????linux_*"
-inherit.repair-wheel-command = "prepend"
-repair-wheel-command = "python /project/dwave/optimization/_build/_fix_rpath.py {wheel}"
+# For everything we build except macosx_x86_64, we want to include scipy-openblas
+select = "*-{????linux_*,macosx_arm64,win_*}"
 
-[[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
-select = "*-macosx_*"
-inherit.repair-wheel-command = "prepend"
-repair-wheel-command = "python ./dwave/optimization/_build/_fix_rpath.py {wheel}"
+inherit.environent = "append"
+environment = { FORCE_PKGCONF_PYPI = "1" }
+
+inherit.before-build = "append"
+before-build = "pip install --group blas"
+
+inhert.test-command = "append"
+test-command = "python -c \"from dwave.optimization.symbols import MatrixMultiply; assert(MatrixMultiply.implementation() == 'blas')\""
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
-# We need a universal build of scipy_openblas so we need to make one on the fly
-select = "*-macosx_*"
-before-build = [
-    "pip download --group blas -d .openblas_arm64 --platform macosx_11_0_arm64 --no-deps",
-    "pip download --group blas -d .openblas_x86_64 --platform macosx_11_0_x86_64 --no-deps",
-    "pip install delocate",
-    "delocate-merge .openblas_x86_64/scipy_openblas*.whl .openblas_arm64/scipy_openblas*.whl -w .openblas",
-    "pip install .openblas/scipy_openblas*.whl",
-    "pip install --group build",
-]
+select = "*-{????linux,macosx}_*"
+inherit.repair-wheel-command = "prepend"
+repair-wheel-command = "python {project}/dwave/optimization/_build/_fix_rpath.py {wheel}"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 source = ["dwave/optimization"]