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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2001-03-22 15:42:08 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2001-03-22 15:42:08 (GMT) |
| commit | 8e9972c215ea0b10f0a7516d1cded6f26296ceba (patch) | |
| tree | 7040f446805fbaff3a2d8f7425ab9950321bf5bc | |
| parent | 3225c1fa2a4149f2308db905154a64170a308db5 (diff) | |
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Added news items for the Distutils
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@@ -61,6 +61,27 @@ Python/C API - Py_BuildValue() now has a "D" conversion to create a Python complex number from a Py_complex C value. +Distutils + +- the sdist command now writes a PKG-INFO file, as described in PEP 241, + into the release tree. + +- several enhancements to the bdist_wininst command from Thomas Heller + (an uninstaller, more customization of the installer's display) + +- from Jack Jansen: added Mac-specific code to generate a dialog for + users to specify the command-line (because providing a command-line with + MacPython is awkward). Jack also made various fixes for the Mac + and the Metrowerks compiler. + +- added 'platforms' and 'keywords' to the set of metadata that can be + specified for a distribution. Supplying a version number has been made + compulsory. + +- applied patches from Jason Tishler to make the compiler class work with + Cygwin. + + What's New in Python 2.1 beta 1? ================================ |