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diff --git a/Doc/dist/dist.tex b/Doc/dist/dist.tex index 60a42d1..ef4e32e 100644 --- a/Doc/dist/dist.tex +++ b/Doc/dist/dist.tex @@ -55,13 +55,12 @@ Each of these tasks is covered in this document. Not all module developers have access to a multitude of platforms, so it's not always feasible to expect them to create a multitude of built distributions. It is hoped that a class of intermediaries, called -\emph{packagers}, will arise to take address this need. Packagers will -take source distributions released by module developers, build them on -one or more platforms, and release the resulting built distributions. -Thus, users on the most popular platforms will be able to install most -popular Python module distributions in the most natural way for their -platform, without having to run a single setup script or compile a line -of code. +\emph{packagers}, will arise to address this need. Packagers will take +source distributions released by module developers, build them on one or +more platforms, and release the resulting built distributions. Thus, +users on the most popular platforms will be able to install most popular +Python module distributions in the most natural way for their platform, +without having to run a single setup script or compile a line of code. \subsection{A simple example} @@ -373,8 +372,8 @@ simplest case, \begin{verbatim} python setup.py sdist \end{verbatim} -(assuming you haven't specified any \command{sdist} options in the setup -script or config file), \command{sdist} creates the the archive of the +(assuming you haven't specified any \command{sdist} options in the setup +script or config file), \command{sdist} creates the archive of the default format for the current platform. The default formats are: \begin{tableii}{ll}{textrm}% {Platform}{Default archive format for source distributions} @@ -539,7 +538,7 @@ distributions for every platform under the sun, so the Distutils is designed to enable module developers to concentrate on their specialty---writing code and creating source distributions---while an intermediary species of \emph{packager} springs up to turn source -distributions into build distributions for as many platforms as there +distributions into built distributions for as many platforms as there are packagers. Of course, the module developer could be his own packager; or the |