| 1 | This directory contains only a subset of the Distutils, specifically |
| 2 | the Python modules in the 'distutils' and 'distutils.command' |
| 3 | packages. This is all you need to distribute and install Python |
| 4 | modules using the Distutils. There is also a separately packaged |
| 5 | standalone version of the Distutils available for people who want to |
| 6 | upgrade the Distutils without upgrading Python, available from the |
| 7 | Distutils web page: |
| 8 | |
| 9 | http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/ |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The standalone version includes all of the code in this directory, |
| 12 | plus documentation, test scripts, examples, etc. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | The Distutils documentation is divided into two documents, "Installing |
| 15 | Python Modules", which explains how to install Python packages, and |
| 16 | "Distributing Python Modules", which explains how to write setup.py |
| 17 | files. Both documents are part of the standard Python documentation |
| 18 | set, and are available from http://www.python.org/doc/current/ . |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Greg Ward (gward@python.net) |
| 21 | |
| 22 | $Id$ |