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diff --git a/EasyInstall.txt b/EasyInstall.txt index c48b7504..f3025f9f 100755 --- a/EasyInstall.txt +++ b/EasyInstall.txt @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ page. You'll need to register for a Wiki ID if you don't already have one; you can do that from the `User Preferences <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/UserPreferences>`_ page. Thanks!) +(Also, if you'd like to learn about how you can use ``setuptools`` to make your +own packages work better with EasyInstall, or provide EasyInstall-like features +without requiring your users to use EasyInstall directly, you'll probably want +to check out the full `setuptools`_ documentation as well.) + .. contents:: **Table of Contents** @@ -24,7 +29,7 @@ Installing "Easy Install" ------------------------- Windows users can just download and run the `setuptools binary installer for -Windows <http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/setuptools-0.5a7.win32.exe>`_. +Windows <http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/setuptools-0.5a8.win32.exe>`_. All others should just download `ez_setup.py <http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py>`_, and run it; this will download and install the appropriate ``setuptools`` egg for your Python @@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ version, and automatically downloading, building, and installing it:: **Example 2**. Install or upgrade a package by name and version by finding links on a given "download page":: - easy_install -f http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist "setuptools>=0.5a7" + easy_install -f http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist "setuptools>=0.5a8" **Example 3**. Download a source distribution from a specified URL, automatically building and installing it:: @@ -490,6 +495,12 @@ Known Issues in Exemaker. So, don't use Exemaker to wrap ``easy_install.py``, or at any rate don't expect it to work with all packages. +0.5a8 + * There is now a separate documentation page for `setuptools`_; revision + history that's not specific to EasyInstall has been moved to that page. + + .. _setuptools: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools + 0.5a5 * Made ``easy_install`` a standard ``setuptools`` command, moving it from the ``easy_install`` module to ``setuptools.command.easy_install``. Note @@ -587,7 +598,7 @@ Known Issues * Misc. bug fixes 0.3a1 - Initial release. + * Initial release. Future Plans |