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Switch license metadata to the PEP 639 format 
Also, include all license files for the vendored dependencies inside the wheel,
and in the `License-File` package metadata field.

License files are included in distributions automatically, so remove them from
`MANIFEST.in`.
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SpecLad committed Apr 20, 2025
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4 changes: 0 additions & 4 deletions MANIFEST.in
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include AUTHORS.txt
include LICENSE.txt
include NEWS.rst
include README.rst
include SECURITY.md
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include src/pip/_vendor/README.rst
include src/pip/_vendor/vendor.txt
recursive-include src/pip/_vendor *LICENSE*
recursive-include src/pip/_vendor *COPYING*

include docs/requirements.txt

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pip's own licensing metadata now follows PEP 639.
In addition, the licenses of pip's vendored dependencies are now included
in the ``License-File`` metadata field and in the wheel.
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name = "pip"
description = "The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages."
readme = "README.rst"
license = {text = "MIT"}
license = "MIT"
license-files = [
"AUTHORS.txt",
"LICENSE.txt",
"src/pip/_vendor/**/*COPYING*",
"src/pip/_vendor/**/*LICENSE*",
]
classifiers = [
"Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
"Intended Audience :: Developers",
"License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
"Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
"Programming Language :: Python",
"Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
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Changelog = "https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/"

[build-system]
# The lower bound is for <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/3865>.
requires = ["setuptools>=67.6.1"]
requires = ["setuptools>=77"]
build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

[tool.setuptools]
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