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| author | Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre@gmail.com> | 2019-08-14 02:44:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre@gmail.com> | 2019-10-07 18:45:19 +0200 |
| commit | d2db805b008346ba9aa34d8fb36faf2d019eed64 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e60db4b824a58c91c828f9fbd75e85391148b33 /docs/setuptools.txt | |
| parent | 026f9b75544c53636fd692af386730553740a511 (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-d2db805b008346ba9aa34d8fb36faf2d019eed64.tar.gz | |
docs: mention eggs are deprecated and not supported by pip
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diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt index 8cfb5f13..26a3044e 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.txt +++ b/docs/setuptools.txt @@ -1693,6 +1693,9 @@ file locations. ``bdist_egg`` - Create a Python Egg for the project =================================================== +.. warning:: + **eggs** are deprecated in favor of wheels, and not supported by pip. + This command generates a Python Egg (``.egg`` file) for the project. Python Eggs are the preferred binary distribution format for EasyInstall, because they are cross-platform (for "pure" packages), directly importable, and contain |