========= Distutils ========= This is the standalone distribution of Distutils. Installation ============ To install it, just run:: $ python setup.py install Feedback ======== - Bug tracker : http://bugs.python.org - Distutils Home page : http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/distutils-sig More information on Distutils releases ====================================== Distutils comes in different flavors: - stable releases - development releases Stable releases --------------- One distutils standalone release was made for each latest stable version of Python of since the 2.3.x series. - distutils 2.3.7 - distutils 2.4.5 - distutils 2.5.4 - distutils 2.6.1 - distutils 3.0.1 Development releases -------------------- While Distutils lives in the standard library, it is evolving a lot. But the release cycle of Python is too long to get an early taste of the new features and bugfixes that were made. You can checkout the current Python trunk version of course, but you need to build a new Python interpreter or extract the distutils directory to add it manually in your Python installation. For conveniency, regular development snapshots will be packaged and uploaded at PyPI. They will be installable in your Python installation the same way the stable versions are. The version number will be computed using the current Python trunk version and the svn revision number. For example, if the current Python trunk is at revision r69732, the Distutils release version will be **2.7a0dev-r69732**. Compatibility ============= Distutils is intended to be compatible with any Python version from Python 2.3.7 to the current Python trunk. If you want to get the latest Distutils features and bugfixes, consider getting the latest release even if you are using Python 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 or 2.6. And if you dare, try out the development release and help us improve Distutils !