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authorÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2011-06-02 13:45:25 (GMT)
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Packaging doc: Add missing index file, improve main page description.
Also promote notices from distutils doc to deprecation boxes.
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@@ -12,21 +12,24 @@ additional modules into a Python installation. The new modules may be either
100%-pure Python, or may be extension modules written in C, or may be
collections of Python packages which include modules coded in both Python and C.
-This package is discussed in two separate chapters:
+.. deprecated:: 3.3
+ :mod:`packaging` replaces Distutils. See :ref:`packaging-index` and
+ :ref:`packaging-install-index`.
+User documentation and API reference are provided in another document:
+
.. seealso::
:ref:`distutils-index`
The manual for developers and packagers of Python modules. This describes
how to prepare :mod:`distutils`\ -based packages so that they may be
- easily installed into an existing Python installation.
+ easily installed into an existing Python installation. If also contains
+ instructions for end-users wanting to install a distutils-based package,
+ :ref:`install-index`.
- :ref:`install-index`
- An "administrators" manual which includes information on installing
- modules into an existing Python installation. You do not need to be a
- Python programmer to read this manual.
+.. trick to silence a Sphinx warning
.. toctree::
:hidden: