PEP518: specification changes history

[stanislavlevin]

Is https://peps.python.org/pep-0518 specification superseded by https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/pyproject-toml/#declaring-build-system-dependencies-the-build-system-table ?

If so, there is no history of changes, e.g. removal of wheel from default PEP518 dependencies.

[sinoroc]

Is https://peps.python.org/pep-0518 specification superseded by https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/pyproject-toml/#declaring-build-system-dependencies-the-build-system-table ?

Yes. Once accepted, the content of a PEP is migrated to an actual specification document, and the PEP is nothing more than an historical document.

If so, there is no history of changes, e.g. removal of wheel from default PEP518 dependencies.

If I recall correctly it is because the process I described above, was not really in place at the time of PEP518's acceptance (or at least the process was not followed scrupulously). So there was a long time between the PEP's acceptance and the writing of the specification document. Probably during that time the presence of wheel was made unnecessary.