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diff --git a/setuptools.txt b/setuptools.txt index 0395ab2c..82bd81da 100755 --- a/setuptools.txt +++ b/setuptools.txt @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ Feature Highlights: * Create extensible applications and frameworks that automatically discover extensions, using simple "entry points" declared in a project's setup script. +In addition to the PyPI downloads, the development version of ``setuptools`` +is available from the `Python SVN sandbox`_. + +.. _Python SVN sandbox: http://svn.python.org/projects/sandbox/trunk/setuptools/#egg=setuptools-dev .. contents:: **Table of Contents** @@ -98,13 +102,13 @@ You may receive a message telling you about an obsolete version of setuptools being present; if so, you must be sure to delete it entirely, along with the old ``pkg_resources`` module if it's present on ``sys.path``. -To get the in-development version of setuptools, run:: +To get the in-development version of setuptools, first install a stable version +using the instructions above. Then run:: - cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/python login - cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/python \ - co -d setuptools python/nondist/sandbox/setuptools + ez_setup.py setuptools==dev -You can then install it using the usual "setup.py install" incantation. +This will download and install the latest development (i.e. unstable) version +of setuptools from the Python Subversion sandbox. (Note that ``setuptools`` *must* be installed as an egg directory; it will not operate correctly otherwise. If you are unable to install to a valid |