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Features
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- Emit a warning when ``[tools.setuptools]`` is present in ``pyproject.toml`` and will be ignored. -- by :user:`SnoopJ` (4150)
- Improved `AttributeError` error message if ``pkg_resources.EntryPoint.require`` is called without extras or distribution
Gracefully "do nothing" when trying to activate a ``pkg_resources.Distribution`` with a `None` location, rather than raising a `TypeError`
-- by :user:`Avasam` (4262)
- Typed the dynamically defined variables from `pkg_resources` -- by :user:`Avasam` (4267)
- Modernized and refactored VCS handling in package_index. (4332)
Bugfixes
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- In install command, use super to call the superclass methods. Avoids race conditions when monkeypatching from _distutils_system_mod occurs late. (4136)
- Fix finder template for lenient editable installs of implicit nested namespaces
constructed by using ``package_dir`` to reorganise directory structure. (4278)
- Fix an error with `UnicodeDecodeError` handling in ``pkg_resources`` when trying to read files in UTF-8 with a fallback -- by :user:`Avasam` (4348)
Improved Documentation
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- Uses RST substitution to put badges in 1 line. (4312)
Deprecations and Removals
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- Further adoption of UTF-8 in ``setuptools``.
This change regards mostly files produced and consumed during the build process
(e.g. metadata files, script wrappers, automatically updated config files, etc..)
Although precautions were taken to minimize disruptions, some edge cases might
be subject to backwards incompatibility.
Support for ``"locale"`` encoding is now **deprecated**. (4309)
- Remove ``setuptools.convert_path`` after long deprecation period.
This function was never defined by ``setuptools`` itself, but rather a
side-effect of an import for internal usage. (4322)
- Remove fallback for customisations of ``distutils``' ``build.sub_command`` after long
deprecated period.
Users are advised to import ``build`` directly from ``setuptools.command.build``. (4322)
- Removed ``typing_extensions`` from vendored dependencies -- by :user:`Avasam` (4324)
- Remove deprecated ``setuptools.dep_util``.
The provided alternative is ``setuptools.modified``. (4360)
Misc
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- 4255, 4280, 4282, 4308, 4348