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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions docs/source/getting_started.rst
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Essential packages
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.. warning::
:ref:`rez-bind` is going to be deprecated. The current implementation is not actively maintained.
Especially on windows, using :option:`--quickstart <rez-bind --quickstart>` is likely to fail.

Even if rez-bind will be deprecated and we generally discourage its use, you can safely use it for creating the ``arch``, ``os`` and ``platform`` packages.

After installation, you need to create some essential Rez packages. The :ref:`rez-bind`
tool creates Rez packages that reference software already installed on your system.
Use the :option:`--quickstart <rez-bind --quickstart>` argument to bind a set of standard packages:
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