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| 1 This directory contains the Distutils package. | 1 This directory contains the Distutils package. |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 There's a full documentation available at: | 3 There's a full documentation available at: |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 http://docs.python.org/distutils/ | 5 http://docs.python.org/distutils/ |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 The Distutils-SIG web page is also a good starting point: | 7 The Distutils-SIG web page is also a good starting point: |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/ | 9 http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/ |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 WARNING : Distutils must remain compatible with 2.3 | 11 WARNING : Distutils must remain compatible with 2.3 |
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| 12 NOTE: After "Revision 77704 : taking sysconfig out of distutils" | 13 NOTE: After "Revision 77704 : taking sysconfig out of distutils" |
| 13 Distutils package is not compatible with versions before 2.7a3. | 14 Distutils package is not compatible with versions before 2.7a3. |
| 14 Although "Revision 77759 : reintroduced the names in Distutils for APIs | 15 Although "Revision 77759 : reintroduced the names in Distutils for APIs |
| 15 that were relocated"(i.e. API is backward compatibile) to cross compile | 16 that were relocated"(i.e. API is backward compatibile) to cross compile |
| 16 python on build system has to be at least version 2.7a3. | 17 python on build system has to be at least version 2.7a3. |
| 17 | 18 |
| 19 Another breakage is implementation of PEP 405 (Python virtual |
| 20 environments). So since Sat May 26 03:45:29 2012 +0100, |
| 21 code that will be in 3.3a4, distutils is no more compatible |
| 22 with earlier versions. |
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| 18 $Id$ | 24 $Id$ |
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