From 013102d9378cf0e5954eb4498f799f70d9a5919b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Mares <services-git-throwaway1@tensorial.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:54:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add flit to list of valid build backends (#2187)

* Add flit to list of valid build backends

It's confusing that `flit-core` is valid, but `flit` is not.

* Add news entry for adding flit
---
 conda_smithy/linter/utils.py |  1 +
 news/add-flit.rst            | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 news/add-flit.rst

diff --git a/conda_smithy/linter/utils.py b/conda_smithy/linter/utils.py
index 93c731463..281d43c0f 100644
--- a/conda_smithy/linter/utils.py
+++ b/conda_smithy/linter/utils.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 
 VALID_PYTHON_BUILD_BACKENDS = [
     "setuptools",
+    "flit",
     "flit-core",
     "hatchling",
     "poetry",
diff --git a/news/add-flit.rst b/news/add-flit.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d613541e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/add-flit.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Add `flit` (previously only `flit-core`) to the list of valid build backends (#2187)
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>