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+Building a MacPython distribution
+=================================
+
+The ``build-install.py`` script creates MacPython distributions, including
+sleepycat db4, sqlite3 and readline support. It builds a complete
+framework-based Python out-of-tree, installs it in a funny place with
+$DESTROOT, massages that installation to remove .pyc files and such, creates
+an Installer package from the installation plus other files in ``resources``
+and ``scripts`` and placed that on a ``.dmg`` disk image.
+
+Here are the steps you ned to follow to build a MacPython installer:
+
+- Run ``./build-installer.py``. Optionally you can pass a number of arguments
+ to specify locations of various files. Please see the top of
+ ``build-installer.py`` for its usage.
+- When done the script will tell you where the DMG image is.
+
+The script needs to be run on Mac OS X 10.4 with Xcode 2.2 or later and
+the 10.4u SDK.
+
+When all is done, announcements can be posted to at least the following
+places:
+- pythonmac-sig@python.org
+- python-dev@python.org
+- python-announce@python.org
+- archivist@info-mac.org
+- adcnews@apple.com
+- news@macnn.com
+- http://www.macupdate.com
+- http://guide.apple.com/usindex.lasso
+- http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/submit
+- http://www.versiontracker.com/ (userid Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com)
+- http://www.macshareware.net (userid jackjansen)
+
+Also, check out Stephan Deibels http://pythonology.org/market contact list