[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/dist dist.tex,1.53,1.54

[Anthony Baxter]

>>> "Fred L. Drake, Jr." wrote
>   1. Include it in the "Distributing Python Modules" document.  This
>      makes a lot of sense, since the most common users of this
>      documentation will be people trying to make distutils do the
>      right thing for their package.  This is also not unreasonable for
>      people trying to extend distutils to support additional
>      compilers, binary packages, and the like.

The problem is (for me) distinguishing between "Installing" and 
"Distributing". I'm not sure why there's two separate documents.

>   2. Distutils could have a chapter in the Library Reference.  This
>      isn't unreasonable, it just doesn't have anything else to
>      recommend it.
> 
> Clearly, I prefer option 1.  ;-)

There should probably be a bit more in the library ref about distutils -
there's a bunch of useful material in the package, and it'd be a shame
for people to re-invent the wheel again and again because they don't know
it's there. For instance, the Compiler support could easily be used by
some of the Python-based build tools. 

Anthony
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