[Distutils] distutils version numbering

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
>  > No, there was no distutils release after 1.0.3.
> 
> but the version shipping with python 2.3 has API changes,
> so how can I figure out what version I'm using ?

Introspection. Not exactly elegant, I know.

>  > Starting with Python 2.4, distutils seem to follow
>  > the Python version number (even though I'm not really
>  > sure who made that decision and what the motivation
>  > was).
>  >
>  > You should probably switch on both the distutils
>  > and Python version (it was and still is possible
>  > to install the current distutils package for
>  > Python 2.1).
> 
> Ok, let me rephrase: script permissions are fixed
> if either I'm running python 2.3 or above, or
> distutils' own version is 2.4 or above. Correct ?

Sounds about right.

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