# Development Dependencies In pyproject.toml

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/development-dependencies-in-pyproject-toml/26149>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Created:** [April 24, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/development-dependencies-in-pyproject-toml/26149 "2023-04-24T12:19:05Z")\
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> I guess that makes sense, but what’s the use case? More precisely, what’s the use case _for putting this information in `pyproject.toml`_ ?

The information is already being put into `pyproject.toml`, but every tool has to define its own way of putting it there. Instead, we could have a standard place and format for this information, so that it can be understood regardless of the specific tool being used

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