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| author | Paul Ganssle <paul@ganssle.io> | 2020-05-07 11:39:55 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul Ganssle <paul@ganssle.io> | 2020-05-07 11:39:55 -0400 |
| commit | 61ca49c08e71fee962b760fb90f8f89bb158738b (patch) | |
| tree | eb4595f15341028d62493a61ce3623bcff1718ee /docs | |
| parent | f4161185003af545562d88df99d609d30947ed2b (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-61ca49c08e71fee962b760fb90f8f89bb158738b.tar.gz | |
Tweak note about setup.cfg
This note has gotten a bit out of date, since setup.py is no longer
required.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -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 |