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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 |