Commit b47b5394 authored by Nick Coghlan's avatar Nick Coghlan

Placeholder in What's New for the major packaging infrastructure changes

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This article explains the new features in Python 3.3, compared to 3.2.
.. note:: Alpha users should be aware that this document is currently in
draft form. It will be updated substantially as Python 3.3 moves towards
release, so it's worth checking back even after reading earlier versions.
New packaging infrastructure
============================
The standard library's packaging infrastructure has been updated to adopt
some of the features developed by the wider community.
* the :mod:`packaging` package and ``pysetup`` script (inspired by
``setuptools``, ``distribute``, ``distutil2`` and ``pip``)
* the :mod:`venv` module and ``pyvenv`` script (inspired by ``virtualenv``)
(Note: at time of writing, :pep:`405` is accepted, but not yet implemented)
* native support for package directories that don't require ``__init__.py``
marker files and can automatically span multiple path segments
(inspired by various third party approaches to namespace packages, as
described in :pep:`420`)
.. pep-3118-update:
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