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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst index 99d9a7a3e7c..41360c96584 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst @@ -515,6 +515,14 @@ used. - Extensions that use ``distutils``-based build systems require the ``distutils`` class in their recipes. + .. note:: + + ``distutils`` has been deprecated in Python 3.10 and will be removed + in Python 3.12. For this reason the ``distutils3*`` classes are now + deprecated and will be removed from core in the near future. Instead, + use the ``setuptools3*`` classes. + + - Extensions that use build systems based on ``setuptools3`` require the :ref:`setuptools3 <ref-classes-setuptools3>` class in their recipes. @@ -2376,6 +2384,17 @@ The ``setuptools3`` class supports Python version 3.x extensions that use build systems based on ``setuptools``. If your recipe uses these build systems, the recipe needs to inherit the ``setuptools3`` class. +.. _ref-classes-setuptools3-base: + +``setuptools3-base.bbclass`` +============================ + +The ``setuptools3-base`` class provides a reusable base for other classes +that support building Python3 version 3.x extensions. If you need +functionality that is not provided by the ``setuptools3`` class, you may +want to ``inherit setuptools3-base``. Some recipes do not need the tasks +in the ``setuptools3`` class and inherit this class instead. + .. _ref-classes-sign_rpm: ``sign_rpm.bbclass`` |