Hi, I am working on a project that aims to automatize bentoml packaging so I need to be able to condition build dependecies from "outside". I was wondering if there is a way to set dependency specifiers through build options. In other words I want to define different sets of optional dependecies in pyproject.toml and to be able to switch between them using an env variable. Is there a way to do this that I am not seeing? Thanks!

You can use template args when using the python env API https://docs.bentoml.com/en/latest/build-with-bentoml/template-arguments.html

you can set argument values in pyproject.toml but other than that there is no way

Thank you for you responses, however, if it has to be in the pyproject.toml, then I don't see the point of defining optional dependencies. It seems to be a better solution to use bentofile and separate requirments.txt files, but it's unfortunate to not be able to use a pyproject file.

BentoML only reads

project.dependencies

, we don’t have any mechanism to interact with

project.optional-dependencies

and a way to select from them

thank you, this clarifies a lot