From 17a35f906c29e71510d749283b381d95a5de0316 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Phillip J. Eby" Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:45:14 +0000 Subject: add info re: pydoc, pkgutil, and setuptools additions --- Misc/NEWS | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 08c3905..a061bdb 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ Extension Modules Library ------- +- 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. -- cgit v0.12