Commit 7b5cc0aa authored by tarek's avatar tarek

more doc

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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.
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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
==============================
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......@@ -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
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