[Docs] "Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages" description possibly out of date

[hroncok]

Summary

The description of this package says "Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages". Is that still accurate?

OS / Environment

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Additional Information

https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/3a3144f0d2887fa37c06550f42a101e9eebd953a/pyproject.toml#L12C16-L12C87

Code of Conduct

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[jaraco]

Yes, it's out of date. Setuptools aims to be and should declare that it's primarily a build backend, so just the 'build' part is relevant.

[Avasam]

What would be a good description nowadays?
"Build Python packages and C Extension Modules"
"A Python build backend with support for C Extension Modules"
"The default PEP-517 build backend"

[jaraco]

I've been aiming for "best in class build backend" and "support for C/C++ extension modules". Maybe "most extensible" I'm less concerned about "default".