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diff --git a/setuptools.txt b/setuptools.txt index df2a613e..66e99048 100755 --- a/setuptools.txt +++ b/setuptools.txt @@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ unless you need the associated ``setuptools`` feature. your build process; for example, extensions that process setup() arguments and turn them into EGG-INFO metadata files. + (Note: projects listed in ``setup_requires`` will NOT be automatically + installed on the system where the setup script is being run. They are + simply downloaded to the setup directory if they're not locally available + already. If you want them to be installed, as well as being available + when the setup script is run, you should add them to ``install_requires`` + **and** ``setup_requires``.) + ``namespace_packages`` A list of strings naming the project's "namespace packages". A namespace package is a package that may be split across multiple project |