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diff --git a/docs/setuptools.rst b/docs/setuptools.rst index d0fb9a9c..53170589 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.rst +++ b/docs/setuptools.rst @@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ Feature Highlights: individually in setup.py * Automatically include all relevant files in your source distributions, - without needing to create a ``MANIFEST.in`` file, and without having to force - regeneration of the ``MANIFEST`` file when your source tree changes. + without needing to create a |MANIFEST.in|_ file, and without having to force + regeneration of the ``MANIFEST`` file when your source tree changes + [#manifest]_. * Automatically generate wrapper scripts or Windows (console and GUI) .exe files for any number of "main" functions in your project. (Note: this is not @@ -150,7 +151,6 @@ To use this feature: [build-system] requires = [ "setuptools >= 40.9.0", - "wheel", ] build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta" @@ -211,3 +211,17 @@ set of steps to reproduce. .. _GitHub Discussions: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/discussions .. _setuptools bug tracker: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/ + + +---- + + +.. [#manifest] The default behaviour for ``setuptools`` will work well for pure + Python packages, or packages with simple C extensions (that don't require + any special C header). See :ref:`Controlling files in the distribution` and + :doc:`userguide/datafiles` for more information about complex scenarios, if + you want to include other types of files. + + +.. |MANIFEST.in| replace:: ``MANIFEST.in`` +.. _MANIFEST.in: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/using-manifest-in/ |