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| author | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2021-10-31 19:31:38 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-10-31 19:31:38 -0400 |
| commit | cb9856fff737d44f2053890cff00f72479b15a86 (patch) | |
| tree | 43b78c21a5cf0e89a405fa1f43028ba2a56675a0 /docs | |
| parent | 1473924e53680ac37ae0aa66d863ff39cbc63f3a (diff) | |
| parent | 4d8c122813eeb86d33a28c665313f15f6888bf62 (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-cb9856fff737d44f2053890cff00f72479b15a86.tar.gz | |
Merge pull request #2831 from abravalheri/improve-docs-paver
[Docs] Add reference and short description for Paver
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| -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/ |