Setuptools setup.py scripts *are* generally forward compatible; though some features are deprecated from time to time.
https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html - Ctrl-F "Deprecated" https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/roadmap.html https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python3/specifying-dependencies#declaring_and_managing_dependencies I hadn't realized that AppEngine Python 3.7 now supports pip requirements.txt files and C extensions. On Friday, October 5, 2018, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Does setuptools make any API stability guarantees i.e. should all setup.py > files that work with setuptools version X also work with setuptools version > Y where Y > X? > > I'm asking because the App Engine Python 3.7 runtime keeps it's version of > setuptools up-to-date and I'm wondering if that is problematic due to API > compatibility i.e. that package installation might fail due to an > incompatibility introduced in setuptools. > > Cheers, > Brian > -- > Distutils-SIG mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mm3/mailman3/lists/distutils-sig.python.org/ > Message archived at https://mail.python.org/mm3/ > archives/list/[email protected]/message/ > 6UN6P7UCZVSS3XKM7CVNW7KRLQEYGPUW/ >
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