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@@ -11,35 +11,14 @@ Disclaimers About the fork ============== -`Distribute` is a fork of the `Setuptools` project. +`Distribute` is a now deprecated fork of the `Setuptools` project. -Distribute is intended to replace Setuptools as the standard method -for working with Python module distributions. +Distribute was intended to replace Setuptools as the standard method +for working with Python module distributions. The code has since been merged +back into the parent project as is being maintained by the community at large. -The fork has two goals: - -- Providing a backward compatible version to replace Setuptools - and make all distributions that depend on Setuptools work as - before, but with less bugs and behaviorial issues. - - This work is done in the 0.6.x series. - - 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 http://packages.python.org/distribute 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. - -The roadmap is still evolving, and the page that is up-to-date is -located at : `http://packages.python.org/distribute/roadmap`. - -If you install `Distribute` and want to switch back for any reason to -`Setuptools`, get to the `Uninstallation instructions`_ section. +`Distribute` is now being maintained as a branch in the `Setuptools +repository <https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools>`_. More documentation ================== @@ -99,9 +78,9 @@ Source installation Download the source tarball, uncompress it, then run the install command:: - $ curl -O http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.29.tar.gz - $ tar -xzvf distribute-0.6.29.tar.gz - $ cd distribute-0.6.29 + $ curl -O http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.46.tar.gz + $ tar -xzvf distribute-0.6.46.tar.gz + $ cd distribute-0.6.46 $ python setup.py install --------------------------- @@ -224,5 +203,4 @@ Feedback and getting involved - Mailing list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig - Issue tracker: http://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute/issues/ -- Code Repository: http://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute - +- Code Repository: http://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools?at=distribute |