documentation, was RE: [Distutils] setup.py clean questions

[M.-A. Lemburg]

James Thompson wrote:
> 
> I'd have to second this.  I have a really tough time figuring out what
> setyp.py can and can't do due to the lack of docs.  Digging into the
> source or other projects setup.py files to rediscover what others already
> know is very time consuming.

The code is very well documented, though. What's missing sometimes
is an overview of how data (esp. attributes) and objects move
around while executing setup.py and how the control flow really
works.

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