[Python] How can I specify console_scripts that are to be installed for a "variant"?...

The Setuptools documentation describes how to specify "optional dependencies" for what it calls a "variant" of a Python package.

In pyproject.toml, we can enter something like the following:

[project]
name = "mypkg"
# ...
[project.optional-dependencies]
PDF = ["ReportLab>=1.2", "RXP"]


This enables installation like:

$ pip install 'mypkg[PDF]'


to include the optional dependencies.

I would like to install some scripts only if the PDF variant is selected. For an unconditional installation we can do this to make my-script available after installation:

[project.scripts]
my-script = "mypkg.scripts.my_script:main"
my-pdf-script = "mypkg.scripts.my_pdf_script:main"


How can I specify that my-pdf-script should be installed only if the PDF variant is requested?

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