Commits on Dec 23, 2023

1. Stop injecting wheel as a build dep fallback …

   PEP 517 doesn't mandate depending on `wheel` when a `__legacy__` setuptools
   fallback is used. Historically, it used to be assumed as necessary, but
   later it turned out to be wrong. The reason is that `setuptools`'
   `get_requires_for_build_wheel()` hook already injects this dependency when
   building wheels is requested [[1]]. It also used to have this hint in
   the docs, but it was corrected earlier [[2]].
   
   It could be argued that this is an optimization as `pip` will request
   building wheels anyway. However, it also shows up in the docs, giving
   the readers a wrong impression of what to put into
   `[build-system].requires` when they start a new project using setuptools.
   
   This patch removes `wheel` from said `requires` list fallback in the
   docs and the actual runtime.
   
   [1]: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/v40.8.0/setuptools/build_meta.py#L130
   [2]: pypa/setuptools#3056

   

   webknjaz committed Dec 23, 2023
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2. Stop telling users to use wheel as build dep

   

   webknjaz committed Dec 23, 2023
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