Distutils supports building multiple types of release packages. At a minimum, you should build a “source distribution” that contains your source code, your Distutils setup script, your “read me” file, and whatever additional files you want to include. To build a source distribution, pass the sdist command to the Distutils setup script.
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Distutils supports building multiple types of release packages. At a minimum, you should build a “source distribution” that contains your source code, your Distutils setup script, your “read me” file, and whatever additional files you want to include. To build a source distribution, pass the sdist command to your Distutils setup script.
c:\Users\pilgrim\chardet> c:\python31\python.exe setup.py sdist @@ -403,14 +403,13 @@ removing 'chardet-1.0.2' (and everything under it)
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In my opinion, every Python library deserves a graphical installer for Windows users. It’s easy to make (even if you don’t run Windows yourself), and Windows users appreciate it. -
http://docs.python.org/3.1/distutils/builtdist.html#creating-windows-installers +
Distutils can create a graphical Windows installer for you, by passing the bdist_wininst command to your Distutils setup script.
c:\Users\pilgrim\chardet> c:\python31\python.exe setup.py bdist_wininst -c:\Users\pilgrim\chardet>c:\python31\python.exe setup.py bdist_wininst -running bdist_wininst +running bdist_wininst running build running build_py creating build @@ -444,11 +443,7 @@ adding 'PURELIB\chardet\big5prober.py' adding 'PURELIB\chardet\universaldetector.py' adding 'PURELIB\chardet\utf8prober.py' adding 'PURELIB\chardet\__init__.py' -removing 'build\bdist.win32\wininst' (and everything under it)- -
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+removing 'build\bdist.win32\wininst' (and everything under it) c:\Users\pilgrim\chardet> dir dist c:\Users\pilgrim\chardet>dir dist Volume in drive C has no label.