= setuptools =

== Description ==

setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils (for
Python 2.6 and up) that allow you to more easily build and distribute
Python packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages.

Website: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/

== License ==

PSF or ZPL. i.e Python Software Foundation License or Zope Public License

== Upstream Contact ==
 * Phillip J. Eby (distutils-sig@python org)

== Dependencies ==
 * python

== Build Instructions/Changes ==

The following patches are in the patches subdirectory.
The patches are applied during the build process.

 * pkg_resources.py.patch: silence warning about permissions.

 * easy_install_lock.patch: lock the easy_install.pth file to allow
   simultaneous installation

= Changelog ==

=== setuptools-0.6.16.p0 (Jeroen Demeyer, 27 February 2012) ===
 * Trac #12599: make spkg-install executable.

=== setuptools-0.6.16 (Francois Bissey, June 1, 2011) ===
 * Switch to the "distribute" fork of setuptools and update to 0.6.16,
 * adopt a Gentoo patch to avoid warnings with python-2.7 (works with 2.6 too).
 * Remove the two windows binaries and patch so setup.py doesn't
   try to install them.

=== setuptools-0.6c9 (Mike Hansen, February 19, 2008) ===
 * Update to 0.6c9

=== setuptools-0.6c8.p1 (William Stein, July 7, 2008) ===
 * Delete two windows binaries (!!)
    src/setuptools/gui.exe
    src/setuptools/cli.exe

=== setuptools-0.6c8.p0 (Michael Abshoff, March 14th, 2008) ===
 * add hg repo
 * add .hgignore
 * clean up SPKG.txt
 * make setuptools a default spkg

=== setuptools-0.6c8 (Jaap Spies, March 12th, 2008) ===
 * upgrade to setuptools-0.6c8

=== setuptools-0.6.spkg (Jaap Spies) ===
 * initial release

