Allow installation of IDLE via distutils (patch #103138).

Tools/idle/idle

+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import sys
+from idlelib import IdleConf
+
+idle_dir = os.path.dirname(IdleConf.__file__)
+IdleConf.load(idle_dir)
+
+# defer importing Pyshell until IdleConf is loaded
+from idlelib import PyShell
+PyShell.main()

Tools/idle/setup.py

+import os,glob
+from distutils.core import setup
+from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
+from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib
+import idlever
+
+# name of idle package
+idlelib = "idlelib"
+
+# the normal build_py would not incorporate the .txt files
+txt_files = ['config-unix.txt','config-win.txt','config.txt']
+Icons = glob.glob1("Icons","*.gif")
+class idle_build_py(build_py):
+    def get_plain_outfile(self, build_dir, package, file):
+        # like get_module_outfile, but does not append .py
+        outfile_path = [build_dir] + list(package) + [file]
+        return apply(os.path.join, outfile_path)
+
+    def run(self):
+        # Copies all .py files, then also copies the txt and gif files
+        build_py.run(self)
+        assert self.packages == [idlelib]
+        for name in txt_files:
+            outfile = self.get_plain_outfile(self.build_lib, [idlelib], name)
+            dir = os.path.dirname(outfile)
+            self.mkpath(dir)
+            self.copy_file(name, outfile, preserve_mode = 0)
+        for name in Icons:
+            outfile = self.get_plain_outfile(self.build_lib,
+                                             [idlelib,"Icons"], name)
+            dir = os.path.dirname(outfile)
+            self.mkpath(dir)
+            self.copy_file(os.path.join("Icons",name),
+                           outfile, preserve_mode = 0)
+
+    def get_source_files(self):
+        # returns the .py files, the .txt files, and the icons
+        icons = [os.path.join("Icons",name) for name in Icons]
+        return build_py.get_source_files(self)+txt_files+icons
+
+    def get_outputs(self, include_bytecode=1):
+        # returns the built files
+        outputs = build_py.get_outputs(self, include_bytecode)
+        if not include_bytecode:
+            return outputs
+        for name in txt_files:
+            filename = self.get_plain_outfile(self.build_lib,
+                                              [idlelib], name)
+            outputs.append(filename)
+        for name in Icons:
+            filename = self.get_plain_outfile(self.build_lib,
+                                              [idlelib,"Icons"], name)
+            outputs.append(filename)
+        return outputs
+
+# Arghhh. install_lib thinks that all files returned from build_py's
+# get_outputs are bytecode files
+class idle_install_lib(install_lib):
+    def _bytecode_filenames(self, files):
+        files = [n for n in files if n.endswith('.py')]
+        return install_lib._bytecode_filenames(self,files)
+
+
+setup(name="IDLE",
+      version = idlever.IDLE_VERSION,
+      description = "IDLE, the Python IDE",
+      author = "Guido van Rossum",
+      author_email = "guido@python.org",
+      #url =
+      long_description =
+"""IDLE is a Tkinter based IDE for Python. It is written in 100% pure
+Python and works both on Windows and Unix. It features a multi-window
+text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing, and many other things,
+as well as a Python shell window and a debugger.""",
+
+      cmdclass = {'build_py':idle_build_py,
+                  'install_lib':idle_install_lib}, 
+      package_dir = {idlelib:'.'},
+      packages = [idlelib],
+      scripts = ['idle']
+      )