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authorAnderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com>2022-03-24 11:57:58 +0000
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.. rubric:: Notes
.. [#setup.py]
- The ``setup.py`` file should be used only when absolutely necessary.
+ The ``setup.py`` file should be used only when custom scripting during the
+ build is necessary.
Examples are kept in this document to help people interested in maintaining or
contributing to existing packages that use ``setup.py``.
Note that you can still keep most of configuration declarative in