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authorAnderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com>2022-06-20 09:31:35 +0100
committerAnderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com>2022-06-20 09:31:35 +0100
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[Docs] package discovery guide: Small improvements and fixes
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@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ Package Discovery and Namespace Packages
a full specification for the keywords supplied to ``setup.cfg`` or
``setup.py`` can be found at :doc:`keywords reference </references/keywords>`
-.. note::
- the examples provided here are only to demonstrate the functionality
+.. important::
+ The examples provided here are only to demonstrate the functionality
introduced. More metadata and options arguments need to be supplied
if you want to replicate them on your system. If you are completely
- new to setuptools, the :doc:`quickstart section <quickstart>` is a good
- place to start.
+ new to setuptools, the :doc:`quickstart` section is a good place to start.
``Setuptools`` provides powerful tools to handle package discovery, including
support for namespace packages.
@@ -128,9 +127,8 @@ the following sections.
Automatic discovery
===================
-.. warning:: Automatic discovery is an **beta** feature and might change
- (or be completely removed) in the future.
- See :ref:`custom-discovery` for a stable way of configuring ``setuptools``.
+.. warning:: Automatic discovery is a **beta** feature and might change in the future.
+ See :ref:`custom-discovery` for other methods of discovery.
By default ``setuptools`` will consider 2 popular project layouts, each one with
its own set of advantages and disadvantages [#layout1]_ [#layout2]_ as