Thomas Kluyver

Thanks @jaraco ! Have you been able to run the setuptools with this branch to verify that the problem is solved? Or is it something that can only be properly...

> If we do this, we should yank 1.2.0 and release a 1.3.0 with the right python-requires... We might then need to yank 1.1.0 as well, since that was already...

Thanks! Does this somehow avoid the exception you found in setuptools tests in [this comment](https://github.com/pypa/pyproject-hooks/pull/195#issuecomment-2088695300)?

Aha, so this is functionally similar to the original version of #195 (before involving `importlib_metadata`), but setuptools has changed so that it works? I prefer this approach. I'll give it...

Sorry for the delay.

v1.2 is tagged and on PyPI now - thanks for your patience and for the periodic reminders.

:face_exhaling: Sorry. I have no idea what's the right thing to do here now. #165 was meant to improve how an in-tree backend was loaded, but broke setuptools in some...

In the past, quite a few of the things tagged 'sprint friendly' and 'quickfix' haven't really been either. 'quickfix' in particular was ambiguous, because there are many things that can...

We do all definitely fix easy things at times. It's tricky, because we don't see all that many casual contributors looking for bugs to fix, so if a problem is...

I'm sceptical of the notion that docs work makes a good entry point to a project. We certainly need input from people less familiar with the project about where the...