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+:mod:`packaging` --- Packaging support
+======================================
+
+.. module:: packaging
+   :synopsis: Packaging system and building blocks for other packaging systems.
+.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>, distutils and packaging
+                   contributors
+
+
+The :mod:`packaging` package provides support for building, packaging,
+distributing and installing additional projects into a Python installation.
+Projects may include Python modules, extension modules, packages and scripts.
+:mod:`packaging` also provides building blocks for other packaging systems
+that are not tied to the command system.
+
+This manual is the reference documentation for those standalone building
+blocks and for extending Packaging. If you're looking for the user-centric
+guides to install a project or package your own code, head to `See also`__.
+
+
+Building blocks
+---------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   packaging-misc
+   packaging.version
+   packaging.metadata
+   packaging.database
+   packaging.depgraph
+   packaging.pypi
+   packaging.pypi.dist
+   packaging.pypi.simple
+   packaging.pypi.xmlrpc
+   packaging.install
+
+
+The command machinery
+---------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   packaging.dist
+   packaging.command
+   packaging.compiler
+   packaging.fancy_getopt
+
+
+Other utilities
+----------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   packaging.util
+   packaging.tests.pypi_server
+
+.. XXX missing: compat config create (dir_util) run pypi.{base,mirrors}
+
+
+.. __:
+
+.. seealso::
+
+   :ref:`packaging-index`
+      The manual for developers of Python projects who want to package and
+      distribute them. This describes how to use :mod:`packaging` to make
+      projects easily found and added to an existing Python installation.
+
+   :ref:`packaging-install-index`
+      A user-centered manual which includes information on adding projects
+      into an existing Python installation.  You do not need to be a Python
+      programmer to read this manual.