Upgrade from setup.py to pyproject.toml, and add a build script

build.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail   # fail on error, missing vars, or pipe fails
+
+echo "▶ Cleaning previous artefacts (if any)…"
+for dir in dist build; do
+    if [[ -d "$dir" ]]; then
+        echo "  • Removing $dir"
+        rm -rf "$dir"
+    fi
+done
+
+shopt -s nullglob          # *.egg-info expands to empty list if none
+for egg in *.egg-info; do
+    echo "  • Removing $egg"
+    rm -rf "$egg"
+done
+shopt -u nullglob          # restore default
+
+echo "▶ Building package…"
+python -m build
+
+echo "▶ Uploading to PyPI…"
+twine upload dist/*

pyproject.toml

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+[project]
+name="hydra-server"
+description="A JSON RPC web server to interact with the Hydra Platform Base Libary"
+readme="README.rst"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+authors = [
+  {name = "Stephen Knox", email = "knoxsp@gmail.com"},
+]
+requires-python=">=3.10"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+dependencies=[
+"spyne >= 2.13.2-alpha",
+"hydra-base",
+"lxml",
+"click"
+]
+
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation="https://hydraplatform.org"
+Repository="https://github.com/hydraplatform/hydra-server"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77", "setuptools_scm", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_scheme = "post-release"
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
+
+[project.scripts]
+hydra-server = "hydra_server.cli:start_cli"