Distutils
Python 2.0/Python 2.1 both provide distutils module
Tool for distributing Python packages and extension modules
Particularly useful for extension code
Capable of producing RPMs and other types of packages
Python 2.1 is partially built with distutils
Many formerly built-in modules are now built as dynamically loadable extensions
Decreases the size of Python executable and improves startup time.
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O'Reilly OSCON 2001, New Features in Python 2, Slide 73
July 26, 2001, beazley@cs.uchicago.edu
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