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+=================
+Mission Statement
+=================
+
+In the Python ecosystem, the build system tools and the package management
+are very intertwined. While it might be useful for user to be able to access
+all this capabilities in a single project (such as pip_), there are several
+use cases where this is not desirable. The main being custom environments
+(outside PyPI_) or situations where the user does its own package management,
+such as Linux distributions.
+
+This project aims to fit the "building packages hole" for such use-cases in
+:pep:`517`/:pep:`518` workflows.
+
+As it is intended to be used by users that do their own package management,
+we will try to keep dependencies to a minimum, in order to try make
+bootstrapping easier.
+
+.. _pip: https://github.com/pypa/pip
+.. _PyPI: https://pypi.org/