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| author | Anderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com> | 2021-10-26 12:40:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Anderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com> | 2021-10-26 12:40:56 +0100 |
| commit | 4d8c122813eeb86d33a28c665313f15f6888bf62 (patch) | |
| tree | 2678237a091a084640bcdb0de4fbcf4a878b911d /docs/development | |
| parent | 4bce6d5a30accecc848d8e7f0dabd212bfea9475 (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-4d8c122813eeb86d33a28c665313f15f6888bf62.tar.gz | |
Docs: Add reference + short description for Paver
In the developer-guide [Paver] is very briefly mentioned.
The purpose of this change is to expand a little bit the context to help
and help the potential contributor to understand what is happening.
[Paver]: https://pythonhosted.org/Paver/
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/development')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/development/developer-guide.rst | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/development/developer-guide.rst b/docs/development/developer-guide.rst index d6ed2c1f..052ca762 100644 --- a/docs/development/developer-guide.rst +++ b/docs/development/developer-guide.rst @@ -123,5 +123,14 @@ setuptools from source. Eventually, this limitation may be lifted as PEP 517/518 reach ubiquitous adoption, but for now, Setuptools cannot declare dependencies other than through ``setuptools/_vendor/vendored.txt`` and -``pkg_resources/_vendor/vendored.txt`` and refreshed by way of -``paver update_vendored`` (pavement.py). +``pkg_resources/_vendor/vendored.txt``. + +All the dependencies specified in these files are "vendorized" using Paver_, a +simple Python-based project scripting and task running tool. + +To refresh the dependencies, you can run the following command (defined in +``pavement.py``):: + + $ paver update_vendored + +.. _Paver: https://pythonhosted.org/Paver/ |
