Re: setuptools API compatibility

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
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