Ian Eure wrote 3 months ago
(address . guix-patches@gnu.org)(name . Ian Eure)(address . ian@retrospec.tv)
20241215175129.30475-1-ian@retrospec.tv
Add documentation for required native-inputs for building setup.py-based
Python projects with pyproject-build-system. Remove mention of 2024, since
there are only two weeks left.
* dox/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document use of setuptools with
pyproject-build-system.
Change-Id: Ia5cba05033d84b808419456d8da09ff87bec3bb8
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doc/guix.texi | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 3d501a08c9..cd80104eb4 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -9950,9 +9950,13 @@ It is considered ``experimental'' in that the implementation details are
not set in stone yet, however users are encouraged to try it for new
Python projects (even those using @file{setup.py}). The API is subject to
change, but any breaking changes in the Guix channel will be dealt with.
+Building @file{setup.py}-based Python projects requires adding the
+@code{python-setuptools} and @code{python-wheel} (from the
+@code{(gnu packages python-build)} module) packages to the package’s
+@code{native-inputs}.
Eventually this build system will be deprecated and merged back into
-@var{python-build-system}, probably some time in 2024.
+@var{python-build-system}.
@end defvar
@defvar perl-build-system
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