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diff --git a/Doc/library/distutils.rst b/Doc/library/distutils.rst index 6666a9b..8e3732b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/distutils.rst +++ b/Doc/library/distutils.rst @@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ 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. +Most Python users will *not* want to use this module directly, but instead +use the cross-version tools maintained by the Python Packaging Authority. +Refer to the `Python Packaging User Guide <http://packaging.python.org>`_ +for more information. -User documentation and API reference are provided in another document: +For the benefits of packaging tool authors and users seeking a deeper +understanding of the details of the current packaging and distribution +system, the legacy :mod:`distutils` based user documentation and API +reference remain available: -.. 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. It also contains - instructions for end-users wanting to install a distutils-based package, - :ref:`install-index`. +* :ref:`install-index` +* :ref:`distutils-index` |