Update Flit release tooling to v4 - #403
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Summary
This PR updates the release tooling to Flit 4 to fix the PyPI publishing failure caused by Flit 3 resolving against the newly released
flit_core4.x. The two major versions are incompatible, resulting inflit publishfailing while building the source distribution.Changes
Flit configuration:
flit>=4,<5andflit_core>=4,<5.flit_core>=4,<5.--use-vcstoflit publishto preserve the existing source distribution behaviour under Flit 4.Impact
flitandflit_coreon compatible major versions.flit_corereleases from being pulled into the current Flit release line unexpectedly.