First incompatible change: 'dist' command is dead
Hi all -- those of you following the Distutils CVS archive should be aware that I've just checked in the first incompatible change: the "dist" command is gone, replaced by "sdist". Like its predecessor, "sdist" exists to create a source distribution. Unlike its predecessor, there is now an explicit MANIFEST.in/MANIFEST model, meaning that any developers using Distutils now will have to rewrite their old MANIFEST files as a MANIFEST.in. The syntax is *not* what I proposed last week here; I think I've come up with something better. (I.e. I implemented my proposal and it didn't work too well. I came up with something new and a went ahead and implemented before I could poke any holes in it.) For now, the documentation for the MANIFEST.in (aka "the manifest template file") syntax consist of the Distutils manifest template and the 'read_template()' method in distutils/command/sdist.py. Use the Source, Luke! ...but seriously, I'll try to write up some notes on how to write manifest templates soon. It's a small but important feature. Greg
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Greg Ward