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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​3229: Disabled automatic download of trove-classifiers to facilitate reproducibility.

Misc
^^^^

• #​3229: Updated pyproject.toml validation via validate-pyproject v0.7.1.
• #​3229: New internal tool made available for updating the code responsible for
  the validation of pyproject.toml.
  This tool can be executed via tox -e generate-validation-code.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​3215: Ignored a subgroup of invalid pyproject.toml files that use the [project]
  table to specify only requires-python (transitional).

  .. warning::
  Please note that future releases of setuptools will halt the build process
  if a pyproject.toml file that does not match doc:the PyPA Specification <PyPUG:specifications/declaring-project-metadata> is given.

• #​3215: Updated pyproject.toml validation, as generated by validate-pyproject==0.6.1.

• #​3218: Prevented builds from erroring if the project specifies metadata via
  pyproject.toml, but uses other files (e.g. setup.py) to complement it,
  without setting dynamic properly.

  .. important::
  This is a transitional behaviour.
  Future releases of setuptools may simply ignore externally set metadata
  not backed by dynamic or even halt the build with an error.

• #​3224: Merge changes from pypa/distutils@e1d5c9b

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​3217: Fixed typo in pyproject.toml example in Quickstart -- by :user:pablo-cardenas.

Misc
^^^^

• #​3223: Fixed missing requirements with environment markers when
  optional-dependencies is set in pyproject.toml.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​3212: Fixed missing dependencies when running setup.py install.
  Note that calling setup.py install directly is still deprecated and
  will be removed in future versions of setuptools.
  Please check the release notes for :ref:setup_install_deprecation_note.

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Deprecations
^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​3206: Changed setuptools.convert_path to an internal function that is not exposed
  as part of setuptools API.
  Future releases of setuptools are likely to remove this function.

Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​3202: Changed behaviour of auto-discovery to not explicitly expand package_dir
  for flat-layouts and to not use relative paths starting with ./.

• #​3203: Prevented pyproject.toml parsing from overwriting
  dist.include_package_data explicitly set in setup.py with default
  value.

• #​3208: Added a warning for non existing files listed with the file directive in
  setup.cfg and pyproject.toml.

• #​3208: Added a default value for dynamic classifiers in pyproject.toml when
  files are missing and errors being ignored.

• #​3211: Disabled auto-discovery when distribution class has a configuration
  attribute (e.g. when the setup.py script contains setup(..., configuration=...)). This is done to ensure extension-only packages created
  with numpy.distutils.misc_util.Configuration are not broken by the safe
  guard
  behaviour to avoid accidental multiple top-level packages in a flat-layout.

  .. note::
  Users that don't set packages, py_modules, or configuration are
  still likely to observe the auto-discovery behavior, which may halt the
  build if the project contains multiple directories and/or multiple Python
  files directly under the project root.

  To disable auto-discovery please explicitly set either packages or
  py_modules. Alternatively you can also configure :ref:custom-discovery.

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Deprecations
^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​3068: Deprecated setuptools.config.read_configuration,
  setuptools.config.parse_configuration and other functions or classes
  from setuptools.config.

  Users that still need to parse and process configuration from setup.cfg can
  import a direct replacement from setuptools.config.setupcfg, however this
  module is transitional and might be removed in the future
  (the setup.cfg configuration format itself is likely to be deprecated in the future).

Breaking Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2894: If you purposefully want to create an "empty distribution", please be aware
  that some Python files (or general folders) might be automatically detected and
  included.

  Projects that currently don't specify both packages and py_modules in their
  configuration and contain extra folders or Python files (not meant for distribution),
  might see these files being included in the wheel archive or even experience
  the build to fail.

  You can check details about the automatic discovery (and how to configure a
  different behaviour) in :doc:/userguide/package_discovery.

• #​3067: If the file pyproject.toml exists and it includes project
  metadata/config (via [project] table or [tool.setuptools]),
  a series of new behaviors that are not backward compatible may take place:

  • The default value of include_package_data will be considered to be True.
  • Setuptools will attempt to validate the pyproject.toml file according
    to PEP 621 specification.
  • The values specified in pyproject.toml will take precedence over those
    specified in setup.cfg or setup.py.

Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2887: [EXPERIMENTAL] Added automatic discovery for py_modules and packages
  -- by :user:abravalheri.

  Setuptools will try to find these values assuming that the package uses either
  the src-layout (a src directory containing all the packages or modules),
  the flat-layout (package directories directly under the project root),
  or the single-module approach (an isolated Python file, directly under
  the project root).

  The automatic discovery will also respect layouts that are explicitly
  configured using the package_dir option.

  For backward-compatibility, this behavior will be observed only if both
  py_modules and packages are not set.
  (Note: specifying ext_modules might also prevent auto-discover from
  taking place)

  If setuptools detects modules or packages that are not supposed to be in the
  distribution, please manually set py_modules and packages in your
  setup.cfg or setup.py file.
  If you are using a flat-layout, you can also consider switching to
  src-layout.

• #​2887: [EXPERIMENTAL] Added automatic configuration for the name metadata
  -- by :user:abravalheri.

  Setuptools will adopt the name of the top-level package (or module in the case
  of single-module distributions), only when name is not explicitly
  provided.

  Please note that it is not possible to automatically derive a single name when
  the distribution consists of multiple top-level packages or modules.

• #​3066: Added vendored dependencies for :pypi:tomli, :pypi:validate-pyproject.

  These dependencies are used to read pyproject.toml files and validate them.

• #​3067: [EXPERIMENTAL] When using pyproject.toml metadata,
  the default value of include_package_data is changed to True.

• #​3068: [EXPERIMENTAL] Add support for pyproject.toml configuration
  (as introduced by :pep:621). Configuration parameters not covered by
  standards are handled in the [tool.setuptools] sub-table.

  In the future, existing setup.cfg configuration
  may be automatically converted into the pyproject.toml equivalent before taking effect
  (as proposed in #​1688). Meanwhile users can use automated tools like
  :pypi:ini2toml to help in the transition.

  Please note that the legacy backend is not guaranteed to work with
  pyproject.toml configuration.

  -- by :user:abravalheri

• #​3125: Implicit namespaces (as introduced in :pep:420) are now considered by default
  during :doc:package discovery </userguide/package_discovery>, when
  setuptools configuration and project metadata are added to the
  pyproject.toml file.

  To disable this behaviour, use namespaces = False when explicitly setting
  the [tool.setuptools.packages.find] section in pyproject.toml.

  This change is backwards compatible and does not affect the behaviour of
  configuration done in setup.cfg or setup.py.

• #​3152: [EXPERIMENTAL] Added support for attr: and cmdclass configurations
  in setup.cfg and pyproject.toml when package_dir is implicitly
  found via auto-discovery.

• #​3178: Postponed importing ctypes when hiding files on Windows.
  This helps to prevent errors in systems that might not have libffi installed.

• #​3179: Merge with pypa/distutils@267dbd2

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​3172: Added initial documentation about configuring setuptools via pyproject.toml
  (using standard project metadata).

Misc
^^^^

• #​3065: Refactored setuptools.config by separating configuration parsing (specific
  to the configuration file format, e.g. setup.cfg) and post-processing
  (which includes directives such as file: that can be used across different
  configuration formats).

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2971: Deprecated upload_docs command, to be removed in the future.
• #​3137: Use samefile from stdlib, supported on Windows since Python 3.2.
• #​3170: Adopt nspektr (vendored) to implement Distribution._install_dependencies.

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​3144: Added documentation on using console_scripts from setup.py, which was previously only shown in setup.cfg -- by :user:xhlulu
• #​3148: Added clarifications about MANIFEST.in, that include links to PyPUG docs
  and more prominent mentions to using a revision control system plugin as an
  alternative.
• #​3148: Removed mention to pkg_resources as the recommended way of accessing data
  files, in favour of importlib.resources.
  Additionally more emphasis was put on the fact that package data files reside
  inside the package directory (and therefore should be read-only).

Misc
^^^^

• #​3120: Added workaround for intermittent failures of backend tests on PyPy.
  These tests now are marked with XFAIL <https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/skipping.html>_, instead of erroring
  out directly.
• #​3124: Improved configuration for :pypi:rst-linker (extension used to build the
  changelog).
• #​3133: Enhanced isolation of tests using virtual environments - PYTHONPATH is not leaking to spawned subprocesses -- by :user:befeleme
• #​3147: Added options to provide a pre-built setuptools wheel or sdist for being
  used during tests with virtual environments.
  Paths for these pre-built distribution files can now be set via the environment
  variables: PRE_BUILT_SETUPTOOLS_SDIST and PRE_BUILT_SETUPTOOLS_WHEEL.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​3093: Repaired automated release process.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​3035: When loading distutils from the vendored copy, rewrite __name__ to ensure consistent importing from inside and out.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​3102: Prevent vendored importlib_metadata from loading distributions from older importlib_metadata.
• #​3103: Fixed issue where string-based entry points would be omitted.
• #​3107: Bump importlib_metadata to 4.11.1 addressing issue with parsing requirements in egg-info as found in PyPy.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2876: In the build backend, allow single config settings to be supplied.
• #​2993: Removed workaround in distutils hack for get-pip now that pypa/get-pip#​137 is closed.
• #​3085: Setuptools no longer relies on pkg_resources for entry point handling.
• #​3098: Bump vendored packaging to 21.3.
• Removed bootstrap script.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​3091: Make concurrent.futures import lazy in vendored more_itertools
  package to a avoid importing threading as a side effect (which caused
  gevent/gevent#&#8203;1865 <https://github.com/gevent/gevent/issues/1865>__).
  -- by :user:maciejp-ro

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Misc
^^^^

• #​3084: When vendoring jaraco packages, ensure the namespace package is converted to a simple package to support zip importer.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​3085: Setuptools now vendors importlib_resources and importlib_metadata and jaraco.text. Setuptools no longer relies on pkg_resources for ensure_directory nor parse_requirements.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​3072: Remove lorem_ipsum from jaraco.text when vendored.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​3061: Vendored jaraco.text and use line processing from that library in pkg_resources.

Misc
^^^^

• #​3070: Avoid AttributeError in easy_install.create_home_path when sysconfig.get_config_vars values are not strings.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​3043: Merge with pypa/distutils@bb018f1 including consolidated behavior in sysconfig.get_platform (pypa/distutils#​104).
• #​3057: Don't include optional Home-page in metadata if no url is specified. -- by :user:cdce8p
• #​3062: Merge with pypa/distutils@b53a824 including improved support for lib directories on non-x64 Windows builds.

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2897: Added documentation about wrapping setuptools.build_meta in a in-tree
  custom backend. This is a :pep:517-compliant way of dynamically specifying
  build dependencies (e.g. when platform, OS and other markers are not enough).
  -- by :user:abravalheri
• #​3034: Replaced occurrences of the defunct distutils-sig mailing list with pointers
  to GitHub Discussions.
  -- by :user:ashemedai
• #​3056: The documentation has stopped suggesting to add wheel to
  :pep:517 requirements -- by :user:webknjaz

Misc
^^^^

• #​3054: Used Py3 syntax super().__init__() -- by :user:imba-tjd

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2990: Set the .origin attribute of the distutils module to the module's __file__.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2839: Removed requires sorting when installing wheels as an egg dir.
• #​2953: Fixed a bug that easy install incorrectly parsed Python 3.10 version string.
• #​3006: Fixed startup performance issue of Python interpreter due to imports of
  costly modules in _distutils_hack -- by :user:tiran

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2674: Added link to additional resources on packaging in Quickstart guide
• #​3008: "In-tree" Sphinx extension for "favicons" replaced with sphinx-favicon.
• #​3008: SVG images (logo, banners, ...) optimised with the help of the scour
  package.

Misc
^^^^

• #​2862: Added integration tests that focus on building and installing some packages in
  the Python ecosystem via pip -- by :user:abravalheri

• #​2952: Modified "vendoring" logic to keep license files.

• #​2968: Improved isolation for some tests that where inadvertently using the project
  root for builds, and therefore creating directories (e.g. build, dist,
  *.egg-info) that could interfere with the outcome of other tests
  -- by :user:abravalheri.

• #​2968: Introduced new test fixtures venv, venv_without_setuptools,
  bare_venv that rely on the jaraco.envs package.
  These new test fixtures were also used to remove the (currently problematic)
  dependency on the pytest_virtualenv plugin.

• #​2968: Removed tmp_src test fixture. Previously this fixture was copying all the
  files and folders under the project root, including the .git directory,
  which is error prone and increases testing time.

  Since tmp_src was used to populate virtual environments (installing the
  version of setuptools under test via the source tree), it was replaced by
  the new setuptools_sdist and setuptools_wheel fixtures (that are build
  only once per session testing and can be shared between all the workers for
  read-only usage).

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• #​3002: Suppress AttributeError when detecting get-pip.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2993: In _distutils_hack, bypass the distutils exception for pip when get-pip is being invoked, because it imports setuptools.

Misc
^^^^

• #​2989: Merge with pypa/distutils@788cc15. Includes fix for config vars missing from sysconfig.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2974: Setuptools now relies on the Python logging infrastructure to log messages. Instead of using distutils.log.*, use logging.getLogger(name).*.
• #​2987: Sync with pypa/distutils@2def21c, including fix for missing get_versions attribute (#​2969), more reliance on sysconfig from stdlib.

Misc
^^^^

• #​2962: Avoid attempting to use local distutils when the presiding version of Setuptools on the path doesn't have one.
• #​2983: Restore 'add_shim' as the way to invoke the hook. Avoids compatibility issues between different versions of Setuptools with the distutils local implementation.

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• #​2980: Bypass distutils loader when setuptools module is no longer available on sys.path.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2958: In distutils_hack, only add the metadata finder once. In ensure_local_distutils, rely on a context manager for reliable manipulation.
• #​2963: Merge with pypa/distutils@a5af364. Includes revisited fix for pypa/distutils#​15 and improved MinGW/Cygwin support from pypa/distutils#​77.

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^^^^

• #​2960: Install schemes fall back to default scheme for headers.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​2954: Merge with pypa/distutils@eba2bcd. Adds platsubdir to config vars available for substitution.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​2940: Avoid KeyError in distutils hack when pip is imported during ensurepip.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​2938: Select 'posix_user' for the scheme unless falling back to stdlib, then use 'unix_user'.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​2944: Add support for extended install schemes in easy_install.

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2896: Setuptools once again makes its local copy of distutils the default. To override, set SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2935: Merge pypa/distutils@460b59f.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2930: Require Python 3.7

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^^^^^^^

• #​2925: Merge with pypa/distutils@92082ee including introduction of deprecation warning on Version classes.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2914: Merge with pypa/distutils@8f2df0b.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2893: Restore deprecated support for newlines in the Summary field.

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^^^^^^^

• #​2902: Merge with pypa/distutils@85db7a4.

Misc
^^^^

• #​2906: In ensure_local_distutils, re-use DistutilsMetaFinder to load the module. Avoids race conditions when _distutils_system_mod is employed.

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^^^^^^^

• #​2875: Introduce changes from pypa/distutils@514e9d0, including support for overrides from Debian and pkgsrc, unlocking the possibility of making SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=local the default again.

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• #​2885: Fixed errors when encountering LegacyVersions.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2497: Update packaging to 21.2.
• #​2877: Back out deprecation of setup_requires and replace instead by a deprecation of setuptools.installer and fetch_build_egg. Now setup_requires is still supported when installed as part of a PEP 517 build, but is deprecated when an unsatisfied requirement is encountered.
• #​2879: Bump packaging to 21.2.

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2867: PNG/ICO images replaced with SVG in the docs.
• #​2867: Added support to SVG "favicons" via "in-tree" Sphinx extension.

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• #​2880: Removed URL requirement for pytest-virtualenv in setup.cfg.
  PyPI rejects packages with dependencies external to itself.
  Instead the test dependency was overwritten via tox.ini

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• #​2849: Add fallback for custom build_py commands inheriting directly from
  :mod:distutils, while still handling include_package_data=True for
  sdist.

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• #​2847: Suppress 'setup.py install' warning under bdist_wheel.

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• #​2846: Move PkgResourcesDeprecationWarning above implicitly-called function so that it's in the namespace when version warnings are generated in an environment that contains them.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​1461: Fix inconsistency with include_package_data and packages_data in sdist
  by replacing the loop breaking mechanism between the sdist and
  egg_info commands -- by :user:abravalheri

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2497: Officially deprecated PEP 440 non-compliant versions.

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2832: Removed the deprecated data_files option from the example in the
  declarative configuration docs -- by :user:abravalheri
• #​2832: Change type of data_files option from dict to section in
  declarative configuration docs (to match previous example) -- by
  :user:abravalheri

.. _setup_install_deprecation_note:

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​917: setup.py install and easy_install commands are now officially deprecated. Use other standards-based installers (like pip) and builders (like build). Workloads reliant on this behavior should pin to this major version of Setuptools. See Why you shouldn't invoke setup.py directly <https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html>_ for more background.
• #​1988: Deprecated the bdist_rpm command. Binary packages should be built as wheels instead.
  -- by :user:hugovk
• #​2785: Replace configparser's readfp with read_file, deprecated since Python 3.2.
  -- by :user:hugovk
• #​2823: Officially deprecated support for setup_requires. Users are encouraged instead to migrate to PEP 518 build-system.requires in pyproject.toml. Users reliant on setup_requires should consider pinning to this major version to avoid disruption.

Misc
^^^^

• #​2762: Changed codecov.yml to configure the threshold to be lower
  -- by :user:tanvimoharir

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2757: Add windows arm64 launchers for scripts generated by easy_install.
• #​2800: Added --owner and --group options to the sdist command,
  for specifying file ownership within the produced tarball (similarly
  to the corresponding distutils sdist options).

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2792: Document how the legacy and non-legacy versions are compared, and reference to the PEP 440 scheme.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2796: Merge with pypa/distutils@02e9f65

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^^^^

• #​2773: Retain case in setup.cfg during sdist.

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^^^^

• #​2777: Build does not fail fast when use_2to3 is supplied but set to a false value.

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• #​2769: Build now fails fast when use_2to3 is supplied.

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Misc
^^^^

• #​2765: In Distribution.finalize_options, suppress known removed entry points to avoid issues with older Setuptools.

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2086: Removed support for 2to3 during builds. Projects should port to a unified codebase or pin to an older version of Setuptools using PEP 518 build-requires.

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2746: add python_requires example

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2712: Added implicit globbing support for [options.data_files] values.

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2737: fix various syntax and style errors in code snippets in docs

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^^^^^^^

• #​2722: Added support for SETUPTOOLS_EXT_SUFFIX environment variable to override the suffix normally detected from the sysconfig module.

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^^^^^^^

• #​2465: Documentation is now published using the Furo theme.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2724: Added detection of Windows ARM64 build environments using the VSCMD_ARG_TGT_ARCH environment variable.

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2692: Globs are now sorted in 'license_files' restoring reproducibility by eliminating variance from disk order.
• #​2714: Update to distutils at pypa/distutils@e2627b7.
• #​2715: Removed reliance on deprecated ssl.match_hostname by removing the ssl support. Now any index operations rely on the native SSL implementation.

Documentation changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2604: Revamped the backward/cross tool compatibility section to remove
  some confusion.
  Add some examples and the version since when entry_points are
  supported in declarative configuration.
  Tried to make the reading flow a bit leaner, gather some information
  that were a bit dispersed.

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2645: License files excluded via the MANIFEST.in but matched by either
  the license_file (deprecated) or license_files options,
  will be nevertheless included in the source distribution. - by :user:cdce8p

Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2628: Write long description in message payload of PKG-INFO file. - by :user:cdce8p
• #​2645: Added License-File (multiple) to the output package metadata.
  The field will contain the path of a license file, matched by the
  license_file (deprecated) and license_files options,
  relative to .dist-info. - by :user:cdce8p
• #​2678: Moved Setuptools' own entry points into declarative config.
• #​2680: Vendored :pypi:more_itertools for Setuptools.
• #​2681: Setuptools own setup.py no longer declares setup_requires, but instead expects wheel to be installed as declared by pyproject.toml.

Misc
^^^^

• #​2650: Updated the docs build tooling to support the latest version of
  Towncrier and show the previews of not-yet-released setuptools versions
  in the changelog -- :user:webknjaz

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^^^^^^^

• #​2640: Fixed handling of multiline license strings. - by :user:cdce8p
• #​2641: Setuptools will now always try to use the latest supported
  metadata version for PKG-INFO. - by :user:cdce8p

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Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2653: Incorporated assorted changes from pypa/distutils.
• #​2657: Adopted docs from distutils.
• #​2663: Added Visual Studio Express 2017 support -- by :user:dofuuz

Misc
^^^^

• #​2644: Fixed DeprecationWarning due to threading.Thread.setDaemon in tests -- by :user:tirkarthi
• #​2654: Made the changelog generator compatible
  with Towncrier >= 19.9 -- :user:webknjaz
• #​2664: Relax the deprecation message in the distutils hack.

v56.0.0

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Deprecations
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• #​2620: The license_file option is now marked as deprecated.
  Use license_files instead. -- by :user:cdce8p

Breaking Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• #​2620: If neither license_file nor license_files is specified, the sdist
  option will now auto-include files that match the following patterns:
  LICEN[CS]E*, COPYING*, NOTICE*, AUTHORS*.
  This matches the behavior of bdist_wheel. -- by :user:cdce8p

Changes
^^^^^^^

• #​2620: The license_file and license_files options now support glob patterns. -- by :user:cdce8p
• #​2632: Implemented VendorImporter.find_spec() method to get rid
  of ImportWarning that Python 3.10 emits when only the old-style
  importer hooks are present -- by :user:webknjaz

Documentation changes
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• #​2620: Added documentation for the license_files option. -- by :user:cdce8p