Commit a7fcfcdf authored by Bastian Venthur's avatar Bastian Venthur

Added warnings for data_files, setup_requires and dependency_links

parent 734e5106
......@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ associated ``setuptools`` feature.
subclasses.
``data_files``
.. warning::
``data_files`` is deprecated. It does not work with wheels, so it
should be avoided.
A list of strings specifying the data files to install.
``package_dir``
......@@ -144,6 +149,10 @@ associated ``setuptools`` feature.
the Python version, used to specify the Requires-Python defined in PEP 345.
``setup_requires``
.. warning::
Using ``setup_requires`` is discouraged in favour for `PEP-518`_
A string or list of strings specifying what other distributions need to
be present in order for the *setup script* to run. ``setuptools`` will
attempt to obtain these (even going so far as to download them using
......@@ -159,7 +168,13 @@ associated ``setuptools`` feature.
when the setup script is run, you should add them to ``install_requires``
**and** ``setup_requires``.)
.. _PEP-518: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0518/
``dependency_links``
.. warning::
``dependency_links`` is deprecated. It is not supported anymore by pip.
A list of strings naming URLs to be searched when satisfying dependencies.
These links will be used if needed to install packages specified by
``setup_requires`` or ``tests_require``. They will also be written into
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