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| author | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2020-05-10 15:11:22 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-05-10 15:11:22 -0400 |
| commit | b185376cb0d7d4ea01a5d69e4d4816548b2fe48a (patch) | |
| tree | 4b57f901b4bdcd149c89f7a892be1b6a74041baa | |
| parent | d4fb0058d56bb03c97374665b62b6f0a1e586d49 (diff) | |
| parent | 61ca49c08e71fee962b760fb90f8f89bb158738b (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-b185376cb0d7d4ea01a5d69e4d4816548b2fe48a.tar.gz | |
Merge pull request #2091 from pganssle/setup_cfg_note
Tweak note about setup.cfg
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/setuptools.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt index 22e3c872..30a30c26 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.txt +++ b/docs/setuptools.txt @@ -2106,8 +2106,9 @@ Configuring setup() using setup.cfg files .. note:: New in 30.3.0 (8 Dec 2016). .. important:: - A ``setup.py`` file containing a ``setup()`` function call is still - required even if your configuration resides in ``setup.cfg``. + If compatibility with legacy builds (i.e. those not using the :pep:`517` + build API) is desired, a ``setup.py`` file containing a ``setup()`` function + call is still required even if your configuration resides in ``setup.cfg``. ``Setuptools`` allows using configuration files (usually :file:`setup.cfg`) to define a package’s metadata and other options that are normally supplied |