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| author | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2022-05-09 10:42:04 -0400 |
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| committer | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2022-05-09 10:42:56 -0400 |
| commit | 9116c7eb52504bec77d26881d2c28e427dc52143 (patch) | |
| tree | 6becb88401eb15bdff6fc924211894e6d9c277d1 /docs/setuptools.rst | |
| parent | 8d12d6196c369c7cf0164a1202e968dd68a2cb6c (diff) | |
| parent | e009a87b5578cb16099b697ba8395c8f6bdd70f3 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/docs/setuptools.rst b/docs/setuptools.rst index c5a89adc..aa638300 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 @@ -201,13 +202,27 @@ As a consequence, the resulting dictionary will include no such options. -Mailing List and Bug Tracker -============================ +Forum and Bug Tracker +===================== -Please use the `distutils-sig mailing list`_ for questions and discussion about +Please use `GitHub Discussions`_ for questions and discussion about setuptools, and the `setuptools bug tracker`_ ONLY for issues you have -confirmed via the list are actual bugs, and which you have reduced to a minimal +confirmed via the forum are actual bugs, and which you have reduced to a minimal set of steps to reproduce. -.. _distutils-sig mailing list: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/ +.. _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/ |