python config_error ai_generated true

SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: `license` as a TOML table is deprecated. Use a SPDX expression string instead.

ID: python/setuptools-license-field-deprecated

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80%Fix Rate
87%Confidence
0Evidence
2025-01-14First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.9 active — — —
3.10 active — — —
3.11 active — — —
3.12 active — — —

Root Cause

PEP 639 changes license metadata to SPDX expressions. The old `license = {text = "MIT"}` or `{file = "LICENSE"}` table format is deprecated and will be removed.

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中文

PEP 639 将许可证元数据改为 SPDX 表达式。旧的 `license = {text = "MIT"}` 或 `{file = "LICENSE"}` 表格式已弃用，将被移除。

Workarounds

  1. 98% success 
    [project]\nlicense = "MIT"\nlicense-files = ["LICENSE"]
  2. 95% success 
    license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 60% fail

    Silences the warning but future setuptools will reject the old format.

  2. 50% fail

    Temporary; other tools will move to PEP 639.