Index: Lib/distutils/dist.py
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--- Lib/distutils/dist.py	(révision 66667)
+++ Lib/distutils/dist.py	(copie de travail)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string, re
+import sys, os, re
 from types import *
 from copy import copy
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
             else:
                 print indent + "option dict for '%s' command:" % cmd_name
                 out = pformat(opt_dict)
-                for line in string.split(out, "\n"):
+                for line in out.split('\n'):
                     print indent + "  " + line
 
     # dump_option_dicts ()
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
                 for opt in options:
                     if opt != '__name__':
                         val = parser.get(section,opt)
-                        opt = string.replace(opt, '-', '_')
+                        opt = opt.replace('-', '_')
                         opt_dict[opt] = (filename, val)
 
             # Make the ConfigParser forget everything (so we retain
@@ -600,14 +600,15 @@
         keywords = self.metadata.keywords
         if keywords is not None:
             if type(keywords) is StringType:
-                keywordlist = string.split(keywords, ',')
-                self.metadata.keywords = map(string.strip, keywordlist)
+                self.metadata.keywords = [kw.strip() 
+                                          for kw in keywords.split(',')]
 
+
         platforms = self.metadata.platforms
         if platforms is not None:
             if type(platforms) is StringType:
-                platformlist = string.split(platforms, ',')
-                self.metadata.platforms = map(string.strip, platformlist)
+                self.metadata.platforms = [kw.strip() 
+                                          for kw in platformlist.split(',')]
 
     def _show_help (self,
                     parser,
@@ -696,10 +697,10 @@
                 opt = translate_longopt(opt)
                 value = getattr(self.metadata, "get_"+opt)()
                 if opt in ['keywords', 'platforms']:
-                    print string.join(value, ',')
+                    print ','.join(value)
                 elif opt in ('classifiers', 'provides', 'requires',
                              'obsoletes'):
-                    print string.join(value, '\n')
+                    print '\n'.join(value)
                 else:
                     print value
                 any_display_options = 1
@@ -804,9 +805,9 @@
         """Return a list of packages from which commands are loaded."""
         pkgs = self.command_packages
         if not isinstance(pkgs, type([])):
-            pkgs = string.split(pkgs or "", ",")
+            pkgs = (pkgs or '').split(',')
             for i in range(len(pkgs)):
-                pkgs[i] = string.strip(pkgs[i])
+                pkgs[i] = pkgs[i].strip()
             pkgs = filter(None, pkgs)
             if "distutils.command" not in pkgs:
                 pkgs.insert(0, "distutils.command")
@@ -1101,7 +1102,7 @@
         long_desc = rfc822_escape( self.get_long_description())
         self._write_field(file, 'Description', long_desc)
 
-        keywords = string.join( self.get_keywords(), ',')
+        keywords = ','.join(self.get_keywords())
         if keywords:
             self._write_field(file, 'Keywords', keywords)