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authortarek <none@none>2009-09-26 19:58:09 +0200
committertarek <none@none>2009-09-26 19:58:09 +0200
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-rwxr-xr-xREADME.txt23
-rw-r--r--docs/python3.txt4
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diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 63a422fd..acb45439 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CHANGES
setuptools
==========
-* Added Python 3 support.
+* Added Python 3 support. see docs/python3.txt
This closes http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue39.
* Added option to run 2to3 automatically when installing on Python 3.
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 30fb7ee2..204ff092 100755
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -18,19 +18,32 @@ for working with Python module distributions.
The fork has two goals:
-- Provides a backward compatible version to replace Setuptools
+- Providing a backward compatible version to replace Setuptools
and make all distributions that depend on Setuptools work as
- before, but with less bugs and behavior issues.
- This version is also compatible with Python 3.
+ before, but with less bugs and behaviorial issues.
This work is done in the 0.6.x series
-- Refactor the code, and release it in several distributions.
- This work is done in the 0.7.x series but not yet released.
+ Starting with version 0.6.2, Distribute supports Python 3.
+ Installing and using distribute for Python 3 code works exactly
+ the same as for Python 2 code, but Distribute also helps you to support
+ Python 2 and Python 3 from the same source code by letting you run 2to3
+ on the code as a part of the build process, by setting the keyword parameter
+ ``use_2to3`` to True. See docs/python3.txt for more information.
+
+- Refactoring the code, and releasing it in several distributions.
+ This work is being done in the 0.7.x series but not yet released.
If you install `Distribute` and want to switch back for any reason to
`Setuptools`, get to the `Uninstallation instructions`_ section.
+More documentation
+==================
+
+You can get more information in the Sphinx-based documentation, located
+in the archive in `docs`. This documentation includes the old Setuptools
+documentation that is slowly replaced, and brand new content.
+
About the installation process
==============================
diff --git a/docs/python3.txt b/docs/python3.txt
index 9ae95735..9b5fa797 100644
--- a/docs/python3.txt
+++ b/docs/python3.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Starting with version 0.6.2, Distribute supports Python 3. Installing and
using distribute for Python 3 code works exactly the same as for Python 2
code, but Distribute also helps you to support Python 2 and Python 3 from
the same source code by letting you run 2to3 on the code as a part of the
-build process. by setting the keyword parameter ``use_2to3`` to True.
+build process, by setting the keyword parameter ``use_2to3`` to True.
-Distrubute as help during porting
+Distribute as help during porting
=================================
Distribute can make the porting process much easier by automatically running