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diff --git a/python/pysetuptools/README b/python/pysetuptools/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..851e044f23 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/pysetuptools/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +pysetuptools (a collection of enhancements to Python distutils) +Note: the name of the source package is 'setuptools'. Since 'setuptools' +is such a generic name, this package uses the name 'pysetuptools' to avoid +any potential future conflicts. The actual installation paths and file +names are not modified in any way. + +setuptools allow you to more easily build and distribute Python packages, +especially ones that have dependencies on other packages. + +Packages built and distributed using setuptools look to the user like ordinary +Python packages based on the distutils. Your users don't need to install or +even know about setuptools in order to use them, and you don't have to include +the entire setuptools package in your distributions. By including just a single +bootstrap module (an 8K .py file), your package will automatically download and +install setuptools if the user is building your package from source and doesn't +have a suitable version already installed. + +Requires: >=python-2.3.5 on 32-bit systems >=python-2.4 on 64-bit systems |