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diff --git a/docs/mission.rst b/docs/mission.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f83f60e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/mission.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +================= +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/ |