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Upgrading setuptools 6 to 7

Breaking6.1 → 7.0Breaking1

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1 breaking change.

  • When setuptools automatically downloads packages it needs for building or testing, it now puts them in a hidden .eggs folder rather than cluttering your project folder.
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Eggs downloaded for setup_requires, test_requires, etc. are now placed in ./.eggs instead of the current directory.
setup_requirestest_requires

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  • added: method Distribution.get_egg_cache_dir()
  • added: function hide_file(path)
  • added: function windows_only(func)