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| author | tarek <tarek@ziade.org> | 2009-07-17 15:30:59 +0200 |
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| committer | tarek <tarek@ziade.org> | 2009-07-17 15:30:59 +0200 |
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diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt index 255429b4..134c77eb 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.txt +++ b/docs/setuptools.txt @@ -2606,6 +2606,501 @@ XXX XXX +History +======= + +0.6c9 + * Fixed a missing files problem when using Windows source distributions on + non-Windows platforms, due to distutils not handling manifest file line + endings correctly. + + * Updated Pyrex support to work with Pyrex 0.9.6 and higher. + + * Minor changes for Jython compatibility, including skipping tests that can't + work on Jython. + + * Fixed not installing eggs in ``install_requires`` if they were also used for + ``setup_requires`` or ``tests_require``. + + * Fixed not fetching eggs in ``install_requires`` when running tests. + + * Allow ``ez_setup.use_setuptools()`` to upgrade existing setuptools + installations when called from a standalone ``setup.py``. + + * Added a warning if a namespace package is declared, but its parent package + is not also declared as a namespace. + + * Support Subversion 1.5 + + * Removed use of deprecated ``md5`` module if ``hashlib`` is available + + * Fixed ``bdist_wininst upload`` trying to upload the ``.exe`` twice + + * Fixed ``bdist_egg`` putting a ``native_libs.txt`` in the source package's + ``.egg-info``, when it should only be in the built egg's ``EGG-INFO``. + + * Ensure that _full_name is set on all shared libs before extensions are + checked for shared lib usage. (Fixes a bug in the experimental shared + library build support.) + + * Fix to allow unpacked eggs containing native libraries to fail more + gracefully under Google App Engine (with an ``ImportError`` loading the + C-based module, instead of getting a ``NameError``). + +0.6c7 + * Fixed ``distutils.filelist.findall()`` crashing on broken symlinks, and + ``egg_info`` command failing on new, uncommitted SVN directories. + + * Fix import problems with nested namespace packages installed via + ``--root`` or ``--single-version-externally-managed``, due to the + parent package not having the child package as an attribute. + +0.6c6 + * Added ``--egg-path`` option to ``develop`` command, allowing you to force + ``.egg-link`` files to use relative paths (allowing them to be shared across + platforms on a networked drive). + + * Fix not building binary RPMs correctly. + + * Fix "eggsecutables" (such as setuptools' own egg) only being runnable with + bash-compatible shells. + + * Fix ``#!`` parsing problems in Windows ``.exe`` script wrappers, when there + was whitespace inside a quoted argument or at the end of the ``#!`` line + (a regression introduced in 0.6c4). + + * Fix ``test`` command possibly failing if an older version of the project + being tested was installed on ``sys.path`` ahead of the test source + directory. + + * Fix ``find_packages()`` treating ``ez_setup`` and directories with ``.`` in + their names as packages. + +0.6c5 + * Fix uploaded ``bdist_rpm`` packages being described as ``bdist_egg`` + packages under Python versions less than 2.5. + + * Fix uploaded ``bdist_wininst`` packages being described as suitable for + "any" version by Python 2.5, even if a ``--target-version`` was specified. + +0.6c4 + * Overhauled Windows script wrapping to support ``bdist_wininst`` better. + Scripts installed with ``bdist_wininst`` will always use ``#!python.exe`` or + ``#!pythonw.exe`` as the executable name (even when built on non-Windows + platforms!), and the wrappers will look for the executable in the script's + parent directory (which should find the right version of Python). + + * Fix ``upload`` command not uploading files built by ``bdist_rpm`` or + ``bdist_wininst`` under Python 2.3 and 2.4. + + * Add support for "eggsecutable" headers: a ``#!/bin/sh`` script that is + prepended to an ``.egg`` file to allow it to be run as a script on Unix-ish + platforms. (This is mainly so that setuptools itself can have a single-file + installer on Unix, without doing multiple downloads, dealing with firewalls, + etc.) + + * Fix problem with empty revision numbers in Subversion 1.4 ``entries`` files + + * Use cross-platform relative paths in ``easy-install.pth`` when doing + ``develop`` and the source directory is a subdirectory of the installation + target directory. + + * Fix a problem installing eggs with a system packaging tool if the project + contained an implicit namespace package; for example if the ``setup()`` + listed a namespace package ``foo.bar`` without explicitly listing ``foo`` + as a namespace package. + +0.6c3 + * Fixed breakages caused by Subversion 1.4's new "working copy" format + +0.6c2 + * The ``ez_setup`` module displays the conflicting version of setuptools (and + its installation location) when a script requests a version that's not + available. + + * Running ``setup.py develop`` on a setuptools-using project will now install + setuptools if needed, instead of only downloading the egg. + +0.6c1 + * Fixed ``AttributeError`` when trying to download a ``setup_requires`` + dependency when a distribution lacks a ``dependency_links`` setting. + + * Made ``zip-safe`` and ``not-zip-safe`` flag files contain a single byte, so + as to play better with packaging tools that complain about zero-length + files. + + * Made ``setup.py develop`` respect the ``--no-deps`` option, which it + previously was ignoring. + + * Support ``extra_path`` option to ``setup()`` when ``install`` is run in + backward-compatibility mode. + + * Source distributions now always include a ``setup.cfg`` file that explicitly + sets ``egg_info`` options such that they produce an identical version number + to the source distribution's version number. (Previously, the default + version number could be different due to the use of ``--tag-date``, or if + the version was overridden on the command line that built the source + distribution.) + +0.6b4 + * Fix ``register`` not obeying name/version set by ``egg_info`` command, if + ``egg_info`` wasn't explicitly run first on the same command line. + + * Added ``--no-date`` and ``--no-svn-revision`` options to ``egg_info`` + command, to allow suppressing tags configured in ``setup.cfg``. + + * Fixed redundant warnings about missing ``README`` file(s); it should now + appear only if you are actually a source distribution. + +0.6b3 + * Fix ``bdist_egg`` not including files in subdirectories of ``.egg-info``. + + * Allow ``.py`` files found by the ``include_package_data`` option to be + automatically included. Remove duplicate data file matches if both + ``include_package_data`` and ``package_data`` are used to refer to the same + files. + +0.6b1 + * Strip ``module`` from the end of compiled extension modules when computing + the name of a ``.py`` loader/wrapper. (Python's import machinery ignores + this suffix when searching for an extension module.) + +0.6a11 + * Added ``test_loader`` keyword to support custom test loaders + + * Added ``setuptools.file_finders`` entry point group to allow implementing + revision control plugins. + + * Added ``--identity`` option to ``upload`` command. + + * Added ``dependency_links`` to allow specifying URLs for ``--find-links``. + + * Enhanced test loader to scan packages as well as modules, and call + ``additional_tests()`` if present to get non-unittest tests. + + * Support namespace packages in conjunction with system packagers, by omitting + the installation of any ``__init__.py`` files for namespace packages, and + adding a special ``.pth`` file to create a working package in + ``sys.modules``. + + * Made ``--single-version-externally-managed`` automatic when ``--root`` is + used, so that most system packagers won't require special support for + setuptools. + + * Fixed ``setup_requires``, ``tests_require``, etc. not using ``setup.cfg`` or + other configuration files for their option defaults when installing, and + also made the install use ``--multi-version`` mode so that the project + directory doesn't need to support .pth files. + + * ``MANIFEST.in`` is now forcibly closed when any errors occur while reading + it. Previously, the file could be left open and the actual error would be + masked by problems trying to remove the open file on Windows systems. + +0.6a10 + * Fixed the ``develop`` command ignoring ``--find-links``. + +0.6a9 + * The ``sdist`` command no longer uses the traditional ``MANIFEST`` file to + create source distributions. ``MANIFEST.in`` is still read and processed, + as are the standard defaults and pruning. But the manifest is built inside + the project's ``.egg-info`` directory as ``SOURCES.txt``, and it is rebuilt + every time the ``egg_info`` command is run. + + * Added the ``include_package_data`` keyword to ``setup()``, allowing you to + automatically include any package data listed in revision control or + ``MANIFEST.in`` + + * Added the ``exclude_package_data`` keyword to ``setup()``, allowing you to + trim back files included via the ``package_data`` and + ``include_package_data`` options. + + * Fixed ``--tag-svn-revision`` not working when run from a source + distribution. + + * Added warning for namespace packages with missing ``declare_namespace()`` + + * Added ``tests_require`` keyword to ``setup()``, so that e.g. packages + requiring ``nose`` to run unit tests can make this dependency optional + unless the ``test`` command is run. + + * Made all commands that use ``easy_install`` respect its configuration + options, as this was causing some problems with ``setup.py install``. + + * Added an ``unpack_directory()`` driver to ``setuptools.archive_util``, so + that you can process a directory tree through a processing filter as if it + were a zipfile or tarfile. + + * Added an internal ``install_egg_info`` command to use as part of old-style + ``install`` operations, that installs an ``.egg-info`` directory with the + package. + + * Added a ``--single-version-externally-managed`` option to the ``install`` + command so that you can more easily wrap a "flat" egg in a system package. + + * Enhanced ``bdist_rpm`` so that it installs single-version eggs that + don't rely on a ``.pth`` file. The ``--no-egg`` option has been removed, + since all RPMs are now built in a more backwards-compatible format. + + * Support full roundtrip translation of eggs to and from ``bdist_wininst`` + format. Running ``bdist_wininst`` on a setuptools-based package wraps the + egg in an .exe that will safely install it as an egg (i.e., with metadata + and entry-point wrapper scripts), and ``easy_install`` can turn the .exe + back into an ``.egg`` file or directory and install it as such. + + +0.6a8 + * Fixed some problems building extensions when Pyrex was installed, especially + with Python 2.4 and/or packages using SWIG. + + * Made ``develop`` command accept all the same options as ``easy_install``, + and use the ``easy_install`` command's configuration settings as defaults. + + * Made ``egg_info --tag-svn-revision`` fall back to extracting the revision + number from ``PKG-INFO`` in case it is being run on a source distribution of + a snapshot taken from a Subversion-based project. + + * Automatically detect ``.dll``, ``.so`` and ``.dylib`` files that are being + installed as data, adding them to ``native_libs.txt`` automatically. + + * Fixed some problems with fresh checkouts of projects that don't include + ``.egg-info/PKG-INFO`` under revision control and put the project's source + code directly in the project directory. If such a package had any + requirements that get processed before the ``egg_info`` command can be run, + the setup scripts would fail with a "Missing 'Version:' header and/or + PKG-INFO file" error, because the egg runtime interpreted the unbuilt + metadata in a directory on ``sys.path`` (i.e. the current directory) as + being a corrupted egg. Setuptools now monkeypatches the distribution + metadata cache to pretend that the egg has valid version information, until + it has a chance to make it actually be so (via the ``egg_info`` command). + +0.6a5 + * Fixed missing gui/cli .exe files in distribution. Fixed bugs in tests. + +0.6a3 + * Added ``gui_scripts`` entry point group to allow installing GUI scripts + on Windows and other platforms. (The special handling is only for Windows; + other platforms are treated the same as for ``console_scripts``.) + +0.6a2 + * Added ``console_scripts`` entry point group to allow installing scripts + without the need to create separate script files. On Windows, console + scripts get an ``.exe`` wrapper so you can just type their name. On other + platforms, the scripts are written without a file extension. + +0.6a1 + * Added support for building "old-style" RPMs that don't install an egg for + the target package, using a ``--no-egg`` option. + + * The ``build_ext`` command now works better when using the ``--inplace`` + option and multiple Python versions. It now makes sure that all extensions + match the current Python version, even if newer copies were built for a + different Python version. + + * The ``upload`` command no longer attaches an extra ``.zip`` when uploading + eggs, as PyPI now supports egg uploads without trickery. + + * The ``ez_setup`` script/module now displays a warning before downloading + the setuptools egg, and attempts to check the downloaded egg against an + internal MD5 checksum table. + + * Fixed the ``--tag-svn-revision`` option of ``egg_info`` not finding the + latest revision number; it was using the revision number of the directory + containing ``setup.py``, not the highest revision number in the project. + + * Added ``eager_resources`` setup argument + + * The ``sdist`` command now recognizes Subversion "deleted file" entries and + does not include them in source distributions. + + * ``setuptools`` now embeds itself more thoroughly into the distutils, so that + other distutils extensions (e.g. py2exe, py2app) will subclass setuptools' + versions of things, rather than the native distutils ones. + + * Added ``entry_points`` and ``setup_requires`` arguments to ``setup()``; + ``setup_requires`` allows you to automatically find and download packages + that are needed in order to *build* your project (as opposed to running it). + + * ``setuptools`` now finds its commands, ``setup()`` argument validators, and + metadata writers using entry points, so that they can be extended by + third-party packages. See `Creating distutils Extensions`_ above for more + details. + + * The vestigial ``depends`` command has been removed. It was never finished + or documented, and never would have worked without EasyInstall - which it + pre-dated and was never compatible with. + +0.5a12 + * The zip-safety scanner now checks for modules that might be used with + ``python -m``, and marks them as unsafe for zipping, since Python 2.4 can't + handle ``-m`` on zipped modules. + +0.5a11 + * Fix breakage of the "develop" command that was caused by the addition of + ``--always-unzip`` to the ``easy_install`` command. + +0.5a9 + * Include ``svn:externals`` directories in source distributions as well as + normal subversion-controlled files and directories. + + * Added ``exclude=patternlist`` option to ``setuptools.find_packages()`` + + * Changed --tag-svn-revision to include an "r" in front of the revision number + for better readability. + + * Added ability to build eggs without including source files (except for any + scripts, of course), using the ``--exclude-source-files`` option to + ``bdist_egg``. + + * ``setup.py install`` now automatically detects when an "unmanaged" package + or module is going to be on ``sys.path`` ahead of a package being installed, + thereby preventing the newer version from being imported. If this occurs, + a warning message is output to ``sys.stderr``, but installation proceeds + anyway. The warning message informs the user what files or directories + need deleting, and advises them they can also use EasyInstall (with the + ``--delete-conflicting`` option) to do it automatically. + + * The ``egg_info`` command now adds a ``top_level.txt`` file to the metadata + directory that lists all top-level modules and packages in the distribution. + This is used by the ``easy_install`` command to find possibly-conflicting + "unmanaged" packages when installing the distribution. + + * Added ``zip_safe`` and ``namespace_packages`` arguments to ``setup()``. + Added package analysis to determine zip-safety if the ``zip_safe`` flag + is not given, and advise the author regarding what code might need changing. + + * Fixed the swapped ``-d`` and ``-b`` options of ``bdist_egg``. + +0.5a8 + * The "egg_info" command now always sets the distribution metadata to "safe" + forms of the distribution name and version, so that distribution files will + be generated with parseable names (i.e., ones that don't include '-' in the + name or version). Also, this means that if you use the various ``--tag`` + options of "egg_info", any distributions generated will use the tags in the + version, not just egg distributions. + + * Added support for defining command aliases in distutils configuration files, + under the "[aliases]" section. To prevent recursion and to allow aliases to + call the command of the same name, a given alias can be expanded only once + per command-line invocation. You can define new aliases with the "alias" + command, either for the local, global, or per-user configuration. + + * Added "rotate" command to delete old distribution files, given a set of + patterns to match and the number of files to keep. (Keeps the most + recently-modified distribution files matching each pattern.) + + * Added "saveopts" command that saves all command-line options for the current + invocation to the local, global, or per-user configuration file. Useful for + setting defaults without having to hand-edit a configuration file. + + * Added a "setopt" command that sets a single option in a specified distutils + configuration file. + +0.5a7 + * Added "upload" support for egg and source distributions, including a bug + fix for "upload" and a temporary workaround for lack of .egg support in + PyPI. + +0.5a6 + * Beefed up the "sdist" command so that if you don't have a MANIFEST.in, it + will include all files under revision control (CVS or Subversion) in the + current directory, and it will regenerate the list every time you create a + source distribution, not just when you tell it to. This should make the + default "do what you mean" more often than the distutils' default behavior + did, while still retaining the old behavior in the presence of MANIFEST.in. + + * Fixed the "develop" command always updating .pth files, even if you + specified ``-n`` or ``--dry-run``. + + * Slightly changed the format of the generated version when you use + ``--tag-build`` on the "egg_info" command, so that you can make tagged + revisions compare *lower* than the version specified in setup.py (e.g. by + using ``--tag-build=dev``). + +0.5a5 + * Added ``develop`` command to ``setuptools``-based packages. This command + installs an ``.egg-link`` pointing to the package's source directory, and + script wrappers that ``execfile()`` the source versions of the package's + scripts. This lets you put your development checkout(s) on sys.path without + having to actually install them. (To uninstall the link, use + use ``setup.py develop --uninstall``.) + + * Added ``egg_info`` command to ``setuptools``-based packages. This command + just creates or updates the "projectname.egg-info" directory, without + building an egg. (It's used by the ``bdist_egg``, ``test``, and ``develop`` + commands.) + + * Enhanced the ``test`` command so that it doesn't install the package, but + instead builds any C extensions in-place, updates the ``.egg-info`` + metadata, adds the source directory to ``sys.path``, and runs the tests + directly on the source. This avoids an "unmanaged" installation of the + package to ``site-packages`` or elsewhere. + + * Made ``easy_install`` a standard ``setuptools`` command, moving it from + the ``easy_install`` module to ``setuptools.command.easy_install``. Note + that if you were importing or extending it, you must now change your imports + accordingly. ``easy_install.py`` is still installed as a script, but not as + a module. + +0.5a4 + * Setup scripts using setuptools can now list their dependencies directly in + the setup.py file, without having to manually create a ``depends.txt`` file. + The ``install_requires`` and ``extras_require`` arguments to ``setup()`` + are used to create a dependencies file automatically. If you are manually + creating ``depends.txt`` right now, please switch to using these setup + arguments as soon as practical, because ``depends.txt`` support will be + removed in the 0.6 release cycle. For documentation on the new arguments, + see the ``setuptools.dist.Distribution`` class. + + * Setup scripts using setuptools now always install using ``easy_install`` + internally, for ease of uninstallation and upgrading. + +0.5a1 + * Added support for "self-installation" bootstrapping. Packages can now + include ``ez_setup.py`` in their source distribution, and add the following + to their ``setup.py``, in order to automatically bootstrap installation of + setuptools as part of their setup process:: + + from ez_setup import use_setuptools + use_setuptools() + + from setuptools import setup + # etc... + +0.4a2 + * Added ``ez_setup.py`` installer/bootstrap script to make initial setuptools + installation easier, and to allow distributions using setuptools to avoid + having to include setuptools in their source distribution. + + * All downloads are now managed by the ``PackageIndex`` class (which is now + subclassable and replaceable), so that embedders can more easily override + download logic, give download progress reports, etc. The class has also + been moved to the new ``setuptools.package_index`` module. + + * The ``Installer`` class no longer handles downloading, manages a temporary + directory, or tracks the ``zip_ok`` option. Downloading is now handled + by ``PackageIndex``, and ``Installer`` has become an ``easy_install`` + command class based on ``setuptools.Command``. + + * There is a new ``setuptools.sandbox.run_setup()`` API to invoke a setup + script in a directory sandbox, and a new ``setuptools.archive_util`` module + with an ``unpack_archive()`` API. These were split out of EasyInstall to + allow reuse by other tools and applications. + + * ``setuptools.Command`` now supports reinitializing commands using keyword + arguments to set/reset options. Also, ``Command`` subclasses can now set + their ``command_consumes_arguments`` attribute to ``True`` in order to + receive an ``args`` option containing the rest of the command line. + +0.3a2 + * Added new options to ``bdist_egg`` to allow tagging the egg's version number + with a subversion revision number, the current date, or an explicit tag + value. Run ``setup.py bdist_egg --help`` to get more information. + + * Misc. bug fixes + +0.3a1 + * Initial release. + Mailing List and Bug Tracker ============================ |
