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diff --git a/docs/developer-guide.txt b/docs/developer-guide.txt index a5942c8b..d145fba1 100644 --- a/docs/developer-guide.txt +++ b/docs/developer-guide.txt @@ -137,3 +137,17 @@ To build the docs locally, use tox:: .. _Sphinx: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/ .. _published documentation: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ + +--------------------- +Vendored Dependencies +--------------------- + +Setuptools has some dependencies, but due to `bootstrapping issues +<https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/980>`, those dependencies +cannot be declared as they won't be resolved soon enough to build +setuptools from source. Eventually, this limitation may be lifted as +PEP 517/518 reach ubiquitous adoption, but for now, Setuptools +cannot declare dependencies other than through +``setuptools/_vendor/vendored.txt`` and +``pkg_reosurces/_vendor/vendored.txt`` and refreshed by way of +``paver update_vendored`` (pavement.py). |