I’m pleased to announce that Setuptools 3.0b1 is now available for download from the project downloads page:

https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/downloads

This backward-incompatible release contains the changes detailed in the CHANGES.txt file:

https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/src/3.0b1/CHANGES.txt?at=default

Please give this beta release a try or review the changes for any impact this might have on your package. I anticipate most users will find these changes of no consequence, but if there are any issues that might affect your package that don’t have an obvious solution, please file a ticket.

Regards,

Jason