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@@ -226,11 +226,18 @@ Standard library Build issues -- On Linux (and possibly other Unix platforms), the readline and - _curses modules are automatically configured through - Modules/Setup.config. These, and the bsddb module (which was - already dynamically configured) are now built as shared libraries by - default. +- For Unix (and Unix-compatible) builds, configuration and building of + extension modules is now greatly automated. Rather than having to + edit the Modules/Setup file to indicate which modules should be + built and where their include files and libraries are, a + distutils-based setup.py script now takes care of building most + extension modules. All extension modules built this way are built + as shared libraries. Only a few modules that must be linked + statically are still listed in the Setup file; you won't need to + edit their configuration. + +- Python should now build out of the box on Cygwin. If it doesn't, + mail to Jason Tishler (jlt63 at users.sourceforge.net). - Python now always uses its own (renamed) implementation of getopt() -- there's too much variation among C library getopt() |