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(Patch submitted by Giampaolo RodolĂ  in :issue:`10784`.)
+packaging
+---------
+
+:mod:`distutils` has undergone additions and refactoring under a new name,
+:mod:`packaging`, to allow developers to break backward compatibility.
+:mod:`distutils` is still provided in the standard library, but users are
+encouraged to transition to :mod:`packaging`. For older versions of Python, a
+backport compatible with 2.4+ and 3.1+ will be made available on PyPI under the
+name :mod:`distutils2`.
+
+.. TODO add examples and howto to the packaging docs and link to them
+
+
pydoc
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