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</style></head><body><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>These days, build backends normally accept basic project metadata (authors, dependencies, etc.) as specified in PEP 621:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0621/">https://peps.python.org/pep-0621/</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/declaring-project-metadata/#declaring-project-metadata">https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/declaring-project-metadata/#declaring-project-metadata</a><br><br></div><div>sip, however, directly translates [tool.sip.metadata] fields to core metadata fields.</div><div><br></div><div>While not so important, it would be cool to have this harmonized with other parts of the packaging ecosystem.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Jean</div><div><br></div></body></html>