New comment by paper42 on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/28843#issuecomment-782113412 Comment: I needed this package when I was working on my project using the official setuptools guide: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/userguide/quickstart.html#id5 > Then, you need an installer, such as pep517 which you can obtain via pip install pep517. After downloading it, invoke the installer: > ``` > python -m pep517.build . > ``` > You now have your distribution ready (e.g. a tar.gz file and a .whl file in the dist directory), which you can upload to PyPI! So currently, this package is only useful for people working on python projects following the quickstart guide of setuptools which is in my opinion a good enough reason to have this package.