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See the Quickstart <https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/quickstart.html>_
and the User's Guide <https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/>_ for
instructions on how to use Setuptools.
Questions and comments should be directed to GitHub Discussions <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/discussions>.
Bug reports and especially tested patches may be
submitted directly to the bug tracker <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues>.
Everyone interacting in the setuptools project's codebases, issue trackers,
chat rooms, and fora is expected to follow the
PSF Code of Conduct <https://github.com/pypa/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>_.
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Most extensible Python build backend with support for C/C++ extension modules
We found that setuptools demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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