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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex index 3da9309..8540213 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ \documentclass{howto} +\usepackage{distutils} % $Id$ \title{What's New in Python 2.3} @@ -24,13 +25,10 @@ release date of Python 2.3 is currently scheduled for mid-2003. This article doesn't attempt to provide a complete specification of the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview. For full details, you should refer to the documentation for Python 2.3, -such as the -\citetitle[http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/lib/lib.html]{Python Library -Reference} and the -\citetitle[http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/ref/ref.html]{Python -Reference Manual}. If you want to understand the complete -implementation and design rationale for a change, refer to the PEP for -a particular new feature. +such as the \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference} and +the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual}. If you want +to understand the complete implementation and design rationale for a +change, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature. %====================================================================== @@ -526,8 +524,8 @@ With all of these features the \module{logging} package should provide enough flexibility for even the most complicated applications. This is only a partial overview of the \module{logging} package, so please see the \ulink{package's reference -documentation}{http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/module-logging.html} -for all of the details. Reading \pep{282} will also be helpful. +documentation}{../lib/module-logging.html} for all of the details. +Reading \pep{282} will also be helpful. \begin{seealso} @@ -707,44 +705,46 @@ See section~\ref{section-pep302} for a description of the new import hooks. \end{seealso} %====================================================================== -\section{PEP 301: Package Index and Metadata for Distutils\label{section-pep301}} +\section{PEP 301: Package Index and Metadata for +Distutils\label{section-pep301}} Support for the long-requested Python catalog makes its first appearance in 2.3. -The core component is the new Distutil \samp{register} command. -Running \code{python setup.py register} will collect up the metadata +The core component is the new Distutils \command{register} command. +Running \code{python setup.py register} will collect the metadata describing a package, such as its name, version, maintainer, -description, \&c., and sends it to a central catalog server. +description, \&c., and send it to a central catalog server. Currently the catalog can be browsed at \url{http://www.amk.ca/cgi-bin/pypi.cgi}, but it will move to some hostname in the \code{python.org} domain before the final version of 2.3 is released. To make the catalog a bit more useful, a new optional -\samp{classifiers} keyword argument has been added to the Distutils +\var{classifiers} keyword argument has been added to the Distutils \function{setup()} function. A list of -\citetitle[http://www.tuxedo.org/\%7Eesr/trove/]{Trove}-style strings can be supplied to help classify the software. +\ulink{Trove}{http://catb.org/\textasciitilde esr/trove/}-style +strings can be supplied to help classify the software. Here's an example \file{setup.py} with classifiers, written to be compatible with older versions of the Distutils: \begin{verbatim} from distutils import core -kw = ('name': "Quixote", +kw = {'name': "Quixote", 'version': "0.5.1", 'description': "A highly Pythonic Web application framework", - ... - ) + # ... + } -if (hasattr(core, 'setup_keywords') and - 'classifiers' in core.setup_keywords): - kw['classifiers'] = \ - ['Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content', - 'Environment :: No Input/Output (Daemon)', - 'Intended Audience :: Developers'], +if ( hasattr(core, 'setup_keywords') and + 'classifiers' in core.setup_keywords): + kw['classifiers'] = \ + ['Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content', + 'Environment :: No Input/Output (Daemon)', + 'Intended Audience :: Developers'], -core.setup (**kw) +core.setup(**kw) \end{verbatim} The full list of classifiers can be obtained by running @@ -752,7 +752,8 @@ The full list of classifiers can be obtained by running \begin{seealso} -\seepep{301}{Package Index and Metadata for Distutils}{Written and implemented by Richard Jones.} +\seepep{301}{Package Index and Metadata for Distutils}{Written and +implemented by Richard Jones.} \end{seealso} @@ -1079,7 +1080,8 @@ the paper \ulink{``A Monotonic Superclass Linearization for Dylan''}{http://www.webcom.com/haahr/dylan/linearization-oopsla96.html}. To understand the motivation for this change, read Michele Simionato's article -\ulink{``Python 2.3 Method Resolution Order''}{http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~micheles/mro.html}, or +\ulink{``Python 2.3 Method Resolution Order''} + {http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/\textasciitilde micheles/mro.html}, or read the thread on python-dev starting with the message at \url{http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-October/029035.html}. Samuele Pedroni first pointed out the problem and also implemented the @@ -1712,7 +1714,7 @@ result is the same as that of \method{isoformat()}). \class{date} and added to \class{timedelta} instances. For more information, refer to the \ulink{module's reference -documentation}{http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/module-datetime.html}. +documentation}{..//lib/module-datetime.html}. (Contributed by Tim Peters.) @@ -1786,7 +1788,7 @@ Optik was written by Greg Ward, with suggestions from the readers of the Getopt SIG. \begin{seealso} -\seeurl{http://optik.sourceforge.net} +\seeurl{http://optik.sourceforge.net/} {The Optik site has tutorial and reference documentation for \module{optparse}. % XXX change to point to Python docs, when those docs get written. @@ -1997,7 +1999,7 @@ Python source distribution, were updated for 2.3. (Contributed by Sean Reifschneider.) Other new platforms now supported by Python include AtheOS -(\url{http://www.atheos.cx}), GNU/Hurd, and OpenVMS. +(\url{http://www.atheos.cx/}), GNU/Hurd, and OpenVMS. %====================================================================== |