Merge pull request pypa#1860 from benoit-pierre/documentation_tweaks

Small documentation tweaks
benoit-pierre · Oct 7, 2019 · d190769 · d190769
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diff --git a/changelog.d/1860.doc.rst b/changelog.d/1860.doc.rst
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+Update documentation to mention the egg format is not supported by pip and dependency links support was dropped starting with pip 19.0.
diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt
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 Dependencies that aren't in PyPI
 --------------------------------
 
+.. warning::
+    Dependency links support has been dropped by pip starting with version
+    19.0 (released 2019-01-22).
+
 If your project depends on packages that don't exist on PyPI, you may still be
 able to depend on them, as long as they are available for download as:
 
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 ``bdist_egg`` - Create a Python Egg for the project
 ===================================================
 
+.. warning::
+    **eggs** are deprecated in favor of wheels, and not supported by pip.
+
 This command generates a Python Egg (``.egg`` file) for the project.  Python
 Eggs are the preferred binary distribution format for EasyInstall, because they
 are cross-platform (for "pure" packages), directly importable, and contain
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