[Distutils] Guido's announcement of distutils

[Greg Ward]

On 03 April 2000, Joe Van Andel said:
> I've just read Guido's description on new features in Python1.6,
> including his description of distutils
> 
> http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=60533012
> 
> I'm a bit confused by the description of distutils, since it describes
> software that I haven't seen yet, even though I've been using
> 'distutils'.

*chortle* *guffaw*

Don't feel bad, Joe, you weren't the only one who fell for it.

Just to clarify: there is only one Distutils, the most recent code (as I
write this) is what's included in Python 1.6 alpha 1, the description at
www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig remains valid, and the Distutils that
will be included in Python 1.6 final will not be substantially different
from what you've all been playing with.

tee hee hee...

        Greg
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