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diff --git a/docs/differences.rst b/docs/differences.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fbc401 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/differences.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +============================ +Differences from other tools +============================ + +``pep517.build`` +---------------- + +build implements a CLI tailored to end users. + +``pep517.build`` contained a proof-of-concept of a :pep:`517` +frontend. It *"implement[ed] essentially the simplest possible frontend +tool, to exercise and illustrate how the core functionality can be +used"*. It has since been `deprecated and is scheduled for removal`_. + +``setup.py sdist bdist_wheel`` +------------------------------ + +build is roughly the equivalent of ``setup.py sdist bdist_wheel`` but +with :pep:`517` support, allowing use with projects that don't use setuptools. + +.. _deprecated and is scheduled for removal: https://github.com/pypa/pep517/pull/83 + +Custom Behaviors +---------------- + +Fallback Backend +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +As recommended in :pep:`517`, if no backend is specified, ``build`` will +fallback to ``setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__``. |