From 1a36f7742603425022f4bad520169b40d1a2e97d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vinta Chen Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:52:51 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] feat: add setuptools to Package Management > Build Backends MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mints the Build Backends subcategory — the deferred agenda item from the Developer Tools sitting (2026-08-16), landing in its designated Python Toolchain slot. setuptools is the incumbent obvious choice: 1.51B downloads/month (pepy), half the ecosystem still builds with it, pushed 2026-08. Co-Authored-By: Claude --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c7faa911..65bc8d3d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1044,6 +1044,8 @@ _Libraries for package and dependency management._ - [hatch](https://github.com/pypa/hatch) - Modern, extensible Python project manager for environments, builds, and publishing. - [pipx](https://github.com/pypa/pipx) - Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments. Like `npx` in Node.js. - [conda](https://github.com/conda/conda/) - Cross-platform, Python-agnostic binary package manager. +- Build Backends + - [setuptools](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools) - The historical and still most widely used pyproject build backend. ### Package Repositories