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authorEva Maxfield Brown <evamaxfieldbrown@gmail.com>2022-08-12 15:50:43 -0700
committerEva Maxfield Brown <evamaxfieldbrown@gmail.com>2022-08-12 15:50:43 -0700
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Update keywords note on editable installs
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@@ -20,17 +20,16 @@ tap into special behaviour that requires scripting (such as building C
extensions).
.. note::
- When using declarative configs via ``pyproject.toml`` users can still keep a
- very simple ``setup.py`` just to ensure editable installs are supported, for
- example::
+ When using declarative configs via ``pyproject.toml``
+ with ``setuptools<64.0.0``, users can still keep a very simple ``setup.py``
+ just to ensure editable installs are supported, for example::
from setuptools import setup
setup()
- Future versions of ``setuptools`` may support editable installs even
- without ``setup.py``.
-
+ Versions of ``setuptools`` ``>=64.0.0`` do not require this extra minimal
+ ``setup.py`` file.
.. _keyword/name: