diff --git a/doc/language-support.xml b/doc/language-support.xml index def0de1d91f..9117af864ad 100644 --- a/doc/language-support.xml +++ b/doc/language-support.xml @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + @@ -341,7 +342,14 @@ twisted = buildPythonPackage { By default doCheck = true is set and tests are run with ${python.interpreter} setup.py test command in checkPhase. - propagatedBuildInputs packages are propagated to user environment. + + As in Perl, dependencies on other Python packages can be specified in the + buildInputs and + propagatedBuildInputs attributes. If something is + exclusively a build-time dependency, use + buildInputs; if it’s (also) a runtime dependency, + use propagatedBuildInputs. + By default meta.platforms is set to the same value