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| author | Anderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 01:06:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Anderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com> | 2022-03-16 16:26:25 +0000 |
| commit | f12dba7c5307092b045ed87eeabb6586954e7fe5 (patch) | |
| tree | d641f3b6a3c4df959a19020f566f4dfa87c992cf /docs/userguide/pyproject_config.rst | |
| parent | bab2aae6326e4792e64d2dbe903f36f37fb9e363 (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-f12dba7c5307092b045ed87eeabb6586954e7fe5.tar.gz | |
Add remark about editable installs
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diff --git a/docs/userguide/pyproject_config.rst b/docs/userguide/pyproject_config.rst index f279d873..29db36cb 100644 --- a/docs/userguide/pyproject_config.rst +++ b/docs/userguide/pyproject_config.rst @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Configuring setuptools using ``pyproject.toml`` files ``setuptools`` via ``pyproject.toml`` files is still experimental and might change (or be removed) in future releases. +.. important:: + For the time being, you still might require a ``setup.py`` file containing + a *arg-less* ``setup()`` function call to support + :doc:`editable installs <pip:cli/pip_install>`. + Starting with :pep:`621`, the Python community selected ``pyproject.toml`` as a standard way of specifying *project metadata*. ``Setuptools`` has adopted this standard and will use the information contained |