PEP517's definition of "frontend" and "backend" is unclear to me

[sinoroc]

Maybe this discussion (and its links) can help clarify some things:

Adding a "packaging flow overview" to the PyPA docs

I would like to get an overview document added to the PyPA documentation, to be listed ahead of, or right beside, the Tutorial. As an outsider, the publishing flow is unclear. Here is what I propose: css/pypa-the-missing-outline.md at pypi · cameron-simpson/css · GitHub It has had some welcoming feedback. This is the discussion which led me to write it: Modernising my packages - am I thinking about this all wrong? - #25 by cameron and I’m not alone in finding the existing docs somewhat overw…