Commit d190769f authored by Jason R. Coombs's avatar Jason R. Coombs Committed by GitHub

Merge pull request #1860 from benoit-pierre/documentation_tweaks

Small documentation tweaks
parents 5eee6b4b 8b3a8d08
Update documentation to mention the egg format is not supported by pip and dependency links support was dropped starting with pip 19.0.
...@@ -675,6 +675,10 @@ using ``setup.py develop``.) ...@@ -675,6 +675,10 @@ using ``setup.py develop``.)
Dependencies that aren't in PyPI Dependencies that aren't in PyPI
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.. warning::
Dependency links support has been dropped by pip starting with version
19.0 (released 2019-01-22).
If your project depends on packages that don't exist on PyPI, you may still be If your project depends on packages that don't exist on PyPI, you may still be
able to depend on them, as long as they are available for download as: able to depend on them, as long as they are available for download as:
...@@ -1689,6 +1693,9 @@ file locations. ...@@ -1689,6 +1693,9 @@ file locations.
``bdist_egg`` - Create a Python Egg for the project ``bdist_egg`` - Create a Python Egg for the project
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.. 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 This command generates a Python Egg (``.egg`` file) for the project. Python
Eggs are the preferred binary distribution format for EasyInstall, because they Eggs are the preferred binary distribution format for EasyInstall, because they
are cross-platform (for "pure" packages), directly importable, and contain are cross-platform (for "pure" packages), directly importable, and contain
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