Prepare 4.7.0 release.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+*setools-4.7.0 (23 Jun 2026)
+
+  * Add MCP server to provide LLMs the ability to analyze policy.
+  * The source distribution is now a Python sdist and can be installed
+    using pip.
+
 *setools-4.6.0 (09 Sep 2025)
 
   * Add seinfo option to see roles allowed for a specified type.

README.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ To build SETools, the following development packages are required, in
 addition to the development packages from the above list:
 
 * gcc
-* cython 0.29.14
+* cython 0.29.14 (only if regenerating setools/policyrep.c)
 
 To run SETools unit tests, the following packages are required, in
 addition to the above dependencies:
@@ -71,30 +71,39 @@ series is considered stable, and has its own branch, e.g. "4.0" for all
 
 Where `4.0` is the release series.  Each release will have a tag.
 
-### Building SETools for Local Use
+### Installing SETools
 
-To use SETools locally, without installing it onto the system,
-unpack the official distribution or check out the git repository,
-and perform the following at the root:
+The SETools source distribution is a Python sdist and can be installed using
+pip.
 
 ```bash
-  $ python setup.py build_ext -i
+  $ sudo pip install setools-4.7.0.tar.bz2
 ```
 
-This will compile the C portion of SETools locally, and then
-the tools can be ran from the current directory (e.g. `./seinfo`).
+### Regenerating C Extension
 
-### Installing SETools
+The SETools policy representation library is implemented as a Python C
+extension using Cython. The source distribution includes pre-generated C source
+for this extension.  To regenerate it and install the package, unpack the
+source distribution, install Cython, and run the following commands:
 
-Unpack the official distribution or check out the git repository,
+```bash
+  $ python setup.py clean --all
+  $ sudo pip install .
+```
+
+### Building SETools for Local Use
+
+To use SETools locally, without installing it onto the system,
+unpack the official distribution or check out the git repository,
 and perform the following at the root:
 
 ```bash
-  $ sudo pip install --use-pep517 .
+  $ python setup.py build_ext -i
 ```
 
-This will put the applications in /usr/bin, data files in `/usr/share/setools`,
-and libraries in `/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/setools`.
+This will compile the C portion of SETools locally, and then
+the tools can be ran from the current directory (e.g. `./seinfo`).
 
 ### Building SETools with a Local Libsepol and Libselinux
 
@@ -107,9 +116,7 @@ be compiled.
 
 ```bash
   $ export USERSPACE_SRC=/home/user/src/selinux
-  $ python setup.py build_ext
-  $ python setup.py build
-  $ python setup.py install
+  $ pip install --user setools-4.7.0.tar.bz2
 ```
 
 This feature assumes that the directory structure at `$USERSPACE_SRC` is the
@@ -121,8 +128,8 @@ using `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` so that the newer versions of the libraries are used.
 
 ```bash
   $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/user/src/selinux/libsepol/src:/home/user/src/selinux/libselinux/src"
-  $ ./seinfo policy.31
-  $ ./sesearch -A sysadm_t policy.31
+  $ seinfo policy.31
+  $ sesearch -A sysadm_t policy.31
 ```
 
 ### Installation Options

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "setools"
-version = "4.7.0.dev"
+version = "4.7.0"
 description="SELinux policy analysis tools."
 authors = [{name = "Chris PeBenito", email="pebenito@ieee.org"}]
 license = "LGPL-2.1-only AND GPL-2.0-only"

setup.py

@@ -3,12 +3,36 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import glob
+import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from setuptools import Extension, setup
+from setuptools import Command, Extension, build_meta, setup
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
 
 
+class CleanCommand(Command):
+    """Extend clean --all to delete generated build artifacts."""
+
+    build_backend = build_meta
+    description = "clean build artifacts"
+    user_options = [('all', 'a', 'remove build artifacts and generated files')]
+    boolean_options = ['all']
+    all: bool
+
+    def initialize_options(self):
+        self.all = False
+
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        pass
+
+    def run(self):
+        shutil.rmtree(Path('build'), ignore_errors=True)
+        shutil.rmtree(Path('dist'), ignore_errors=True)
+        shutil.rmtree(Path('setools.egg-info'), ignore_errors=True)
+        if self.all:
+            Path('setools/policyrep.c').unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+
 # Library linkage
 lib_dirs: list[str] = ['.', '/usr/lib64', '/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib']
 include_dirs: list[str] = []
@@ -67,6 +91,7 @@
 
 # see pyproject.toml for most package options.
 setup(data_files=installed_data,
+      cmdclass={'clean': CleanCommand},
       ext_modules=cythonize(ext_py_mods, include_path=['setools/policyrep'],
                             annotate=cython_annotate,
                             compiler_directives={"language_level": 3,