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diff --git a/changelog.d/1860.doc.rst b/changelog.d/1860.doc.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f3554643 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/1860.doc.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Update documentation to mention the egg format is not supported by pip and dependency links support was dropped starting with pip 19.0. diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt index 2e7fe3bd..26a3044e 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.txt +++ b/docs/setuptools.txt @@ -675,6 +675,10 @@ using ``setup.py develop``.) Dependencies that aren't in PyPI -------------------------------- +.. warning:: + Dependency links support has been dropped by pip starting with version + 19.0 (released 2019-01-22). + If your project depends on packages that don't exist on PyPI, you may still be able to depend on them, as long as they are available for download as: @@ -1689,6 +1693,9 @@ file locations. ``bdist_egg`` - Create a Python Egg for the project =================================================== +.. warning:: + **eggs** are deprecated in favor of wheels, and not supported by pip. + This command generates a Python Egg (``.egg`` file) for the project. Python Eggs are the preferred binary distribution format for EasyInstall, because they are cross-platform (for "pure" packages), directly importable, and contain |