[Python-checkins] r46139 - sandbox/trunk/setuptools/EasyInstall.txt

[phillip.eby]

Author: phillip.eby
Date: Tue May 23 21:06:45 2006
New Revision: 46139

Modified:
   sandbox/trunk/setuptools/EasyInstall.txt
Log:
Merge doc update from 0.6b1


Modified: sandbox/trunk/setuptools/EasyInstall.txt
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--- sandbox/trunk/setuptools/EasyInstall.txt	(original)
+++ sandbox/trunk/setuptools/EasyInstall.txt	Tue May 23 21:06:45 2006
@@ -1106,6 +1106,16 @@
    remove ones that fail, until something works.  The removed IPs stay removed
    for the remainder of the run.
 
+ * Better ambiguity management: accept ``#egg`` name/version even if processing
+   what appears to be a correctly-named distutils file, and ignore ``.egg``
+   files with no ``-``, since valid Python ``.egg`` files always have a version
+   number (but Scheme eggs often don't).
+
+ * Support ``file://`` links to directories in ``--find-links``, so that
+   easy_install can build packages from local source checkouts.
+
+ * Ignore bdist_dumb distributions when looking at download URLs.
+
 
 Future Plans
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