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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On behalf of the PYPA, I’m excited to announce that Setuptools 0.7 is now official and complete.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Released to PyPI, Setuptools 0.7.2 is now available for all to see by default (<a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/">https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/</a>). Users of Setuptools 0.6 may upgrade by simply running `easy_install -U setuptools`.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Additionally, I released Distribute 0.7 to PyPI. This means that users who have Distribute 0.6.x can upgrade to setuptools 0.7 by simply invoking `easy_install -U distribute` (or `easy_install "distribute>=0.7”`). Windows users should use `easy_install-script -U distribute` (to avoid “file in use” errors on easy_install.exe).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The documentation for Setuptools 0.7.2 has been uploaded to <a href="https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools">https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools</a> and includes the notes about the merge in addition to the official documentation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please report any issues at the project page (<a href="https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools">https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools</a>). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>