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Pants v2: Fast, consistent builds for Python and more

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Pants v2 is a fast, scalable build system for growing codebases. It's currently focused on Python, with support for other languages coming soon.

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setup-py-generation

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Options to control how setup.py is generated from a `python_distribution` target.

Config section: [setup-py-generation]

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first_party_dependency_version_scheme

--setup-py-generation-first-party-dependency-version-scheme=<FirstPartyDependencyVersionScheme>
PANTS_SETUP_PY_GENERATION_FIRST_PARTY_DEPENDENCY_VERSION_SCHEME
one of: exact, compatible, any
default: exact

What version to set in `install_requires` when a `python_distribution` depends on other `python_distribution`s. If `exact`, will use `==`. If `compatible`, will use `~=`. If `any`, will leave off the version. See https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/#version-specifiers.


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setup-py-generation

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