extensions, to be installed on a system without needing to be built
locally.
-.. _setuptools: https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/setuptools.html
+.. _setuptools: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
.. _wheel: https://wheel.readthedocs.org
Open source licensing and collaboration
:Authors: Greg Ward, Anthony Baxter
:Email: distutils-sig@python.org
+.. seealso::
+
+ :ref:`distributing-index`
+ The up to date module distribution documentations
+
This document describes the Python Distribution Utilities ("Distutils") from
the module developer's point of view, describing how to use the Distutils to
make Python modules and extensions easily available to a wider audience with
recommendations section <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/current/>`__
in the Python Packaging User Guide for more information.
-
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
:numbered:
.. TODO: Fill in XXX comments
+.. seealso::
+
+ :ref:`installing-index`
+ The up to date module installation documentations
+
.. The audience for this document includes people who don't know anything
about Python and aren't about to learn the language just in order to
install and maintain it for their users, i.e. system administrators.
Most Python users will *not* want to use this module directly, but instead
use the cross-version tools maintained by the Python Packaging Authority. In
particular,
-`setuptools <https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/setuptools.html>`__ is an
+`setuptools <https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__ is an
enhanced alternative to :mod:`distutils` that provides:
* support for declaring project dependencies
- Issue #25500: Fix documentation to not claim that __import__ is searched for
in the global scope.
+- Issue #26014: Update 3.x packaging documentation:
+ * "See also" links to the new docs are now provided in the legacy pages
+ * links to setuptools documentation have been updated
+
Tests
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