setuptoolscompatible
Setuptoolscompatible is an informal descriptor used in the Python packaging ecosystem to indicate that a package is designed to work with the setuptools packaging system. It typically signals that the project uses setuptools conventions for metadata, building, and installation, enabling tools and workflows that rely on setuptools to function correctly.
A setuptools-compatible package usually declares its distribution metadata via a setup.py or setup.cfg and uses the
Historically, setuptools extended distutils and became the de facto standard for Python packaging in many ecosystems.
In modern packaging practice, projects often declare their build backend in a pyproject.toml file. A setuptools-compatible
The term remains informal and is not a formal standard. As packaging evolves toward standardized metadata and