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@@ -540,6 +540,26 @@ some environments require a test prior to install, $ PYTHONPATH=$PWD:$PWD/src pytest +Interaction with Enterprise Distributions +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Some enterprise distributions like RHEL7 and others +ship rather old setuptools versions due to various release management details. + +On such distributions one might observe errors like: + +:code:``setuptools_scm.version.SetuptoolsOutdatedWarning: your setuptools is too old (<12)`` + +In those case its typically possible to build by using a sdist against ``setuptools_scm<2.0``. +As those old setuptools versions lack sensible types for versions, +modern setuptools_scm is unable to support them sensibly. + +In case the project you need to build can not be patched to either use old setuptools_scm, +its still possible to install a more recent version of setuptools in order to handle the build +and/or install the package by using wheels or eggs. + + + Code of Conduct --------------- |