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@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ Extension Modules
Library
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+- New modules: setuptools, easy_install, and pkg_resources, to support
+ building, installing, and using Python eggs, respectively.
+
+- The pydoc module now supports documenting packages contained in
+ .zip or .egg files.
+
+- The pkgutil module now has several new utility functions, such
+ as ``walk_packages()`` to support working with packages that are either
+ in the filesystem or zip files.
+
+
- The ``__del__`` method of class ``local`` in module ``_threading_local``
returned before accomplishing any of its intended cleanup.