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@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -============================================================= - stevedore -- Manage dynamic plugins for Python applications -============================================================= +=========================================================== +stevedore -- Manage dynamic plugins for Python applications +=========================================================== Python makes loading code dynamically easy, allowing you to configure and extend your application by discovering and loading extensions ("*plugins*") at runtime. Many applications implement their own -library for doing this, using ``__import__`` or -:mod:`importlib`. stevedore avoids creating yet another extension +library for doing this, using ``__import__`` or ``importlib``. +stevedore avoids creating yet another extension mechanism by building on top of `setuptools entry points`_. The code for managing entry points tends to be repetitive, though, so stevedore provides manager classes for implementing common patterns for using |