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.
<<< O'Reilly OSCON 2001, New Features in Python 2, Slide 73
July 26, 2001, beazley@cs.uchicago.edu
>>>