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DOC: mention the PyPI license issue on the limitations page
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Signed-off-by: Filipe Laíns <lains@riseup.net>
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We have work planned to fix this issue.


License field on PyPI_
======================

``meson-python`` includes the license file in the metadata, instead of trying to
match it to a classifier_ and omitting it, like some other backends do.
Unfortunately, this results in the whole license text being shown on the
*License* of PyPI_. You can read more about the issue and potential planned
fixes in `#129`_.


Platform-specific limitations
=============================

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.. _install_data: https://mesonbuild.com/Reference-manual_functions.html#install_data
.. _PyPI: https://pypi.org/
.. _classifier: https://pypi.org/classifiers/
.. _#129: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python/issues/129

.. |install_data| replace:: ``install_data``

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