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diff --git a/docs/userguide/pyproject_config.rst b/docs/userguide/pyproject_config.rst index a139fa73..3988db2f 100644 --- a/docs/userguide/pyproject_config.rst +++ b/docs/userguide/pyproject_config.rst @@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ 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, ``pip`` still might require a ``setup.py`` file + to support :doc:`editable installs <pip:cli/pip_install>`. + + A simple script will suffice, for example: + + .. code-block:: python + + from setuptools import setup + + setup() + 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 |