(Completely uninspected and untested by me, this is just to
get the code into CVS!)

have to worry about "or []" in 'get_outputs()'.

rather than 'data'.

'get_inputs()'.

new flexibility, specifically the 'root' option.  Now, we just use
"install" to do a fake installation into a temporary directory
(the 'bdist_dir' option, which derives from the 'bdist_base' option of
"bdist"), and then tar/zip up that directory.  This means that dumb
built distributions are now relative to the root directory, rather than
the prefix or exec-prefix; this is probably a feature, but does make
them slightly less flexible.

"bdist" command rather than "build".

file to write the list of installed files to.

the list returned by 'get_outputs()', thanks to changes in the
"install_lib" command.

to ensure that compiled bytecode files are considered part of the output
of the "install_lib" command.

last (after writing list of installed files) -- that way, the warning
is more visible.

installed files to INSTALLED_FILES.

top-level temporary directory for creating built distributions.  (Won't
work yet, since the "build" command doesn't yet have a 'build_bdist'
option, and none of the "bdist" commands support it yet.)

variable.

(Is this really needed?  Can we drop it when the config file mechanism
allows users to set compiler flags in setup.cfg?)

the 'no_format_option' class attribute.

correctly ensure that it's 'dirname' exists.

already been set (eg. by a command-line option).

have to wade through all the 'build' output when testing installation.

Caught up with renaming in 'install_misc' base class.
Changed 'run()' to chmod installed scripts under Unix.

  - renamed '_copydata()' to 'copy_files()'
  - changed it to record complete output filenames
  - dropped '_outputdata()' in favour of much simpler 'get_outputs()'

adds the 'install_data' and 'install_scripts' commands; these two
are trivial thanks to the 'install_misc' base class in cmd.py.
(Minor tweaks and commentary by me; the code is untested so far.)

Tweaked error-generating code.

  - added 'find_config_files()' and 'parse_config_files()' methods
  - added 'command_options' attribute
Comment/docstring updates.

added a global '_environ_checked' so we know if it's already been
called.

Also added creation of 'implib_dir', a temporary directory specific to
  MSVC++ -- but I checked in two ways of fixing it (Lyle's and mine),
  because I'm not sure which is right.

or getattr/setattr, is all that's needed.

'get_options()', 'get_command_option()', 'get_command_options()'.

'get_options()'.

via an 'extra_compile_args' option in the 'build_info' dictionary.

  it is forcibly prepended onto all installation directories, even if
  they are already absolute.
Added 'dump_dirs()' to clean up the debug output a bit.

even if it's already absolute.  Currently only implemented for Unix; I'm
not entirely sure of the right thing to do for DOS/Windows, and have no
clue what to do for Mac OS.

in command-line options, and in two phases at that: first, we expand
'install_base' and 'install_platbase', and then the other 'install_*'
options.  This lets us do tricky stuff like
    install --prefix='/tmp$sys_prefix'
...oooh, neat.

Simplified 'select_scheme()' -- it's no longer responsible for expanding
config vars, tildes, etc.

Define installation-specific config vars in 'self.config_vars', rather than
in a local dictionary of one method.  Also factored '_expand_attrs()' out
of 'expand_dirs()' and added 'expand_basedirs()'.

Added a bunch of debugging output so I (and others) can judge the
success of this crazy scheme through direct feedback.