1v61.1.0
2-------
3
4
5Deprecations
6^^^^^^^^^^^^
7* #3206: Changed ``setuptools.convert_path`` to an internal function that is not exposed
8  as part of setuptools API.
9  Future releases of ``setuptools`` are likely to remove this function.
10
11Changes
12^^^^^^^
13* #3202: Changed behaviour of auto-discovery to not explicitly expand ``package_dir``
14  for flat-layouts and to not use relative paths starting with ``./``.
15* #3203: Prevented ``pyproject.toml`` parsing from overwriting
16  ``dist.include_package_data`` explicitly set in ``setup.py`` with default
17  value.
18* #3208: Added a warning for non existing files listed with the ``file`` directive in
19  ``setup.cfg`` and ``pyproject.toml``.
20* #3208: Added a default value for dynamic ``classifiers`` in ``pyproject.toml`` when
21  files are missing and errors being ignored.
22* #3211: Disabled auto-discovery when distribution class has a ``configuration``
23  attribute (e.g. when the ``setup.py`` script contains ``setup(...,
24  configuration=...)``).  This is done to ensure extension-only packages created
25  with ``numpy.distutils.misc_util.Configuration`` are not broken by the safe
26  guard
27  behaviour to avoid accidental multiple top-level packages in a flat-layout.
28
29  .. note::
30     Users that don't set ``packages``, ``py_modules``, or ``configuration`` are
31     still likely to observe the auto-discovery behavior, which may halt the
32     build if the project contains multiple directories and/or multiple Python
33     files directly under the project root.
34
35     To disable auto-discovery please explicitly set either ``packages`` or
36     ``py_modules``. Alternatively you can also configure :ref:`custom-discovery`.
37
38
39v61.0.0
40-------
41
42
43Deprecations
44^^^^^^^^^^^^
45* #3068: Deprecated ``setuptools.config.read_configuration``,
46  ``setuptools.config.parse_configuration`` and other functions or classes
47  from ``setuptools.config``.
48
49  Users that still need to parse and process configuration from ``setup.cfg`` can
50  import a direct replacement from ``setuptools.config.setupcfg``, however this
51  module is transitional and might be removed in the future
52  (the ``setup.cfg`` configuration format itself is likely to be deprecated in the future).
53
54Breaking Changes
55^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
56* #2894: If you purposefully want to create an *"empty distribution"*, please be aware
57  that some Python files (or general folders) might be automatically detected and
58  included.
59
60  Projects that currently don't specify both ``packages`` and ``py_modules`` in their
61  configuration and contain extra folders or Python files (not meant for distribution),
62  might see these files being included in the wheel archive or even experience
63  the build to fail.
64
65  You can check details about the automatic discovery (and how to configure a
66  different behaviour) in :doc:`/userguide/package_discovery`.
67* #3067: If the file ``pyproject.toml`` exists and it includes project
68  metadata/config (via ``[project]`` table or ``[tool.setuptools]``),
69  a series of new behaviors that are not backward compatible may take place:
70
71  - The default value of ``include_package_data`` will be considered to be ``True``.
72  - Setuptools will attempt to validate the ``pyproject.toml`` file according
73    to PEP 621 specification.
74  - The values specified in ``pyproject.toml`` will take precedence over those
75    specified in ``setup.cfg`` or ``setup.py``.
76
77Changes
78^^^^^^^
79* #2887: **[EXPERIMENTAL]** Added automatic discovery for ``py_modules`` and ``packages``
80  -- by :user:`abravalheri`.
81
82  Setuptools will try to find these values assuming that the package uses either
83  the *src-layout* (a ``src`` directory containing all the packages or modules),
84  the *flat-layout* (package directories directly under the project root),
85  or the *single-module* approach (an isolated Python file, directly under
86  the project root).
87
88  The automatic discovery will also respect layouts that are explicitly
89  configured using the ``package_dir`` option.
90
91  For backward-compatibility, this behavior will be observed **only if both**
92  ``py_modules`` **and** ``packages`` **are not set**.
93  (**Note**: specifying ``ext_modules`` might also prevent auto-discover from
94  taking place)
95
96  If setuptools detects modules or packages that are not supposed to be in the
97  distribution, please manually set ``py_modules`` and ``packages`` in your
98  ``setup.cfg`` or ``setup.py`` file.
99  If you are using a *flat-layout*, you can also consider switching to
100  *src-layout*.
101* #2887: **[EXPERIMENTAL]** Added automatic configuration for the ``name`` metadata
102  -- by :user:`abravalheri`.
103
104  Setuptools will adopt the name of the top-level package (or module in the case
105  of single-module distributions), **only when** ``name`` **is not explicitly
106  provided**.
107
108  Please note that it is not possible to automatically derive a single name when
109  the distribution consists of multiple top-level packages or modules.
110* #3066: Added vendored dependencies for :pypi:`tomli`, :pypi:`validate-pyproject`.
111
112  These dependencies are used to read ``pyproject.toml`` files and validate them.
113* #3067: **[EXPERIMENTAL]** When using ``pyproject.toml`` metadata,
114  the default value of ``include_package_data`` is changed to ``True``.
115* #3068: **[EXPERIMENTAL]** Add support for ``pyproject.toml`` configuration
116  (as introduced by :pep:`621`). Configuration parameters not covered by
117  standards are handled in the ``[tool.setuptools]`` sub-table.
118
119  In the future, existing ``setup.cfg`` configuration
120  may be automatically converted into the ``pyproject.toml`` equivalent before taking effect
121  (as proposed in #1688). Meanwhile users can use automated tools like
122  :pypi:`ini2toml` to help in the transition.
123
124  Please note that the legacy backend is not guaranteed to work with
125  ``pyproject.toml`` configuration.
126
127  -- by :user:`abravalheri`
128* #3125: Implicit namespaces (as introduced in :pep:`420`) are now considered by default
129  during :doc:`package discovery </userguide/package_discovery>`, when
130  ``setuptools`` configuration and project metadata are added to the
131  ``pyproject.toml`` file.
132
133  To disable this behaviour, use ``namespaces = False`` when explicitly setting
134  the ``[tool.setuptools.packages.find]`` section in ``pyproject.toml``.
135
136  This change is backwards compatible and does not affect the behaviour of
137  configuration done in ``setup.cfg`` or ``setup.py``.
138* #3152: **[EXPERIMENTAL]** Added support for ``attr:`` and ``cmdclass`` configurations
139  in ``setup.cfg`` and ``pyproject.toml`` when ``package_dir`` is implicitly
140  found via auto-discovery.
141* #3178: Postponed importing ``ctypes`` when hiding files on Windows.
142  This helps to prevent errors in systems that might not have `libffi` installed.
143* #3179: Merge with pypa/distutils@267dbd25ac
144
145Documentation changes
146^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
147* #3172: Added initial documentation about configuring ``setuptools`` via ``pyproject.toml``
148  (using standard project metadata).
149
150Misc
151^^^^
152* #3065: Refactored ``setuptools.config`` by separating configuration parsing (specific
153  to the configuration file format, e.g. ``setup.cfg``) and post-processing
154  (which includes directives such as ``file:`` that can be used across different
155  configuration formats).
156
157
158v60.10.0
159--------
160
161
162Changes
163^^^^^^^
164* #2971: Deprecated upload_docs command, to be removed in the future.
165* #3137: Use samefile from stdlib, supported on Windows since Python 3.2.
166* #3170: Adopt nspektr (vendored) to implement Distribution._install_dependencies.
167
168Documentation changes
169^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
170* #3144: Added documentation on using console_scripts from setup.py, which was previously only shown in setup.cfg  -- by :user:`xhlulu`
171* #3148: Added clarifications about ``MANIFEST.in``, that include links to PyPUG docs
172  and more prominent mentions to using a revision control system plugin as an
173  alternative.
174* #3148: Removed mention to ``pkg_resources`` as the recommended way of accessing data
175  files, in favour of importlib.resources.
176  Additionally more emphasis was put on the fact that *package data files* reside
177  **inside** the *package directory* (and therefore should be *read-only*).
178
179Misc
180^^^^
181* #3120: Added workaround for intermittent failures of backend tests on PyPy.
182  These tests now are marked with `XFAIL
183  <https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/skipping.html>`_, instead of erroring
184  out directly.
185* #3124: Improved configuration for :pypi:`rst-linker` (extension used to build the
186  changelog).
187* #3133: Enhanced isolation of tests using virtual environments - PYTHONPATH is not leaking to spawned subprocesses  -- by :user:`befeleme`
188* #3147: Added options to provide a pre-built ``setuptools`` wheel or sdist for being
189  used during tests with virtual environments.
190  Paths for these pre-built distribution files can now be set via the environment
191  variables: ``PRE_BUILT_SETUPTOOLS_SDIST`` and ``PRE_BUILT_SETUPTOOLS_WHEEL``.
192
193
194v60.9.3
195-------
196
197
198Misc
199^^^^
200* #3093: Repaired automated release process.
201
202
203v60.9.2
204-------
205
206
207Misc
208^^^^
209* #3035: When loading distutils from the vendored copy, rewrite ``__name__`` to ensure consistent importing from inside and out.
210
211
212v60.9.1
213-------
214
215
216Misc
217^^^^
218* #3102: Prevent vendored importlib_metadata from loading distributions from older importlib_metadata.
219* #3103: Fixed issue where string-based entry points would be omitted.
220* #3107: Bump importlib_metadata to 4.11.1 addressing issue with parsing requirements in egg-info as found in PyPy.
221
222
223v60.9.0
224-------
225
226
227Changes
228^^^^^^^
229* #2876: In the build backend, allow single config settings to be supplied.
230* #2993: Removed workaround in distutils hack for get-pip now that pypa/get-pip#137 is closed.
231* #3085: Setuptools no longer relies on ``pkg_resources`` for entry point handling.
232* #3098: Bump vendored packaging to 21.3.
233* Removed bootstrap script.
234
235
236v60.8.2
237-------
238
239
240Misc
241^^^^
242* #3091: Make ``concurrent.futures`` import lazy in vendored ``more_itertools``
243  package to a  avoid importing threading as a side effect (which caused
244  `gevent/gevent#1865 <https://github.com/gevent/gevent/issues/1865>`__).
245  -- by :user:`maciejp-ro`
246
247
248v60.8.1
249-------
250
251
252Misc
253^^^^
254* #3084: When vendoring jaraco packages, ensure the namespace package is converted to a simple package to support zip importer.
255
256
257v60.8.0
258-------
259
260
261Changes
262^^^^^^^
263* #3085: Setuptools now vendors importlib_resources and importlib_metadata and jaraco.text. Setuptools no longer relies on pkg_resources for ensure_directory nor parse_requirements.
264
265
266v60.7.1
267-------
268
269
270Misc
271^^^^
272* #3072: Remove lorem_ipsum from jaraco.text when vendored.
273
274
275v60.7.0
276-------
277
278
279Changes
280^^^^^^^
281* #3061: Vendored jaraco.text and use line processing from that library in pkg_resources.
282
283Misc
284^^^^
285* #3070: Avoid AttributeError in easy_install.create_home_path when sysconfig.get_config_vars values are not strings.
286
287
288v60.6.0
289-------
290
291
292Changes
293^^^^^^^
294* #3043: Merge with pypa/distutils@bb018f1ac3 including consolidated behavior in sysconfig.get_platform (pypa/distutils#104).
295* #3057: Don't include optional ``Home-page`` in metadata if no ``url`` is specified. -- by :user:`cdce8p`
296* #3062: Merge with pypa/distutils@b53a824ec3 including improved support for lib directories on non-x64 Windows builds.
297
298Documentation changes
299^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
300* #2897: Added documentation about wrapping ``setuptools.build_meta`` in a in-tree
301  custom backend. This is a :pep:`517`-compliant way of dynamically specifying
302  build dependencies (e.g. when platform, OS and other markers are not enough).
303  -- by :user:`abravalheri`
304* #3034: Replaced occurrences of the defunct distutils-sig mailing list with pointers
305  to GitHub Discussions.
306  -- by :user:`ashemedai`
307* #3056: The documentation has stopped suggesting to add ``wheel`` to
308  :pep:`517` requirements -- by :user:`webknjaz`
309
310Misc
311^^^^
312* #3054: Used Py3 syntax ``super().__init__()`` -- by :user:`imba-tjd`
313
314
315v60.5.4
316-------
317
318
319Misc
320^^^^
321* #3009: Remove filtering of distutils warnings.
322* #3031: Suppress distutils replacement when building or testing CPython.
323
324
325v60.5.3
326-------
327
328
329Misc
330^^^^
331* #3026: Honor sysconfig variables in easy_install.
332
333
334v60.5.2
335-------
336
337
338Misc
339^^^^
340* #2993: In _distutils_hack, for get-pip, simulate existence of setuptools.
341
342
343v60.5.1
344-------
345
346
347Misc
348^^^^
349* #2918: Correct support for Python 3 native loaders.
350
351
352v60.5.0
353-------
354
355
356Changes
357^^^^^^^
358* #2990: Set the ``.origin`` attribute of the ``distutils`` module to the module's ``__file__``.
359
360
361v60.4.0
362-------
363
364
365Changes
366^^^^^^^
367* #2839: Removed ``requires`` sorting when installing wheels as an egg dir.
368* #2953: Fixed a bug that easy install incorrectly parsed Python 3.10 version string.
369* #3006: Fixed startup performance issue of Python interpreter due to imports of
370  costly modules in ``_distutils_hack`` -- by :user:`tiran`
371
372Documentation changes
373^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
374* #2674: Added link to additional resources on packaging in Quickstart guide
375* #3008: "In-tree" Sphinx extension for "favicons" replaced with ``sphinx-favicon``.
376* #3008: SVG images (logo, banners, ...) optimised with the help of the ``scour``
377  package.
378
379Misc
380^^^^
381* #2862: Added integration tests that focus on building and installing some packages in
382  the Python ecosystem via ``pip`` -- by :user:`abravalheri`
383* #2952: Modified "vendoring" logic to keep license files.
384* #2968: Improved isolation for some tests that where inadvertently using the project
385  root for builds, and therefore creating directories (e.g. ``build``, ``dist``,
386  ``*.egg-info``) that could interfere with the outcome of other tests
387  -- by :user:`abravalheri`.
388* #2968: Introduced new test fixtures ``venv``, ``venv_without_setuptools``,
389  ``bare_venv`` that rely on the ``jaraco.envs`` package.
390  These new test fixtures were also used to remove the (currently problematic)
391  dependency on the ``pytest_virtualenv`` plugin.
392* #2968: Removed ``tmp_src`` test fixture. Previously this fixture was copying all the
393  files and folders under the project root, including the ``.git`` directory,
394  which is error prone and increases testing time.
395
396  Since ``tmp_src`` was used to populate virtual environments (installing the
397  version of ``setuptools`` under test via the source tree), it was replaced by
398  the new ``setuptools_sdist`` and ``setuptools_wheel`` fixtures (that are build
399  only once per session testing and can be shared between all the workers for
400  read-only usage).
401
402
403v60.3.1
404-------
405
406
407Misc
408^^^^
409* #3002: Suppress AttributeError when detecting get-pip.
410
411
412v60.3.0
413-------
414
415
416Changes
417^^^^^^^
418* #2993: In _distutils_hack, bypass the distutils exception for pip when get-pip is being invoked, because it imports setuptools.
419
420Misc
421^^^^
422* #2989: Merge with pypa/distutils@788cc159. Includes fix for config vars missing from sysconfig.
423
424
425v60.2.0
426-------
427
428
429Changes
430^^^^^^^
431* #2974: Setuptools now relies on the Python logging infrastructure to log messages. Instead of using ``distutils.log.*``, use ``logging.getLogger(name).*``.
432* #2987: Sync with pypa/distutils@2def21c5d74fdd2fe7996ee4030ac145a9d751bd, including fix for missing get_versions attribute (#2969), more reliance on sysconfig from stdlib.
433
434Misc
435^^^^
436* #2962: Avoid attempting to use local distutils when the presiding version of Setuptools on the path doesn't have one.
437* #2983: Restore 'add_shim' as the way to invoke the hook. Avoids compatibility issues between different versions of Setuptools with the distutils local implementation.
438
439
440v60.1.1
441-------
442
443
444Misc
445^^^^
446* #2980: Bypass distutils loader when setuptools module is no longer available on sys.path.
447
448
449v60.1.0
450-------
451
452
453Changes
454^^^^^^^
455* #2958: In distutils_hack, only add the metadata finder once. In ensure_local_distutils, rely on a context manager for reliable manipulation.
456* #2963: Merge with pypa/distutils@a5af364910. Includes revisited fix for pypa/distutils#15 and improved MinGW/Cygwin support from pypa/distutils#77.
457
458
459v60.0.5
460-------
461
462
463Misc
464^^^^
465* #2960: Install schemes fall back to default scheme for headers.
466
467
468v60.0.4
469-------
470
471
472Misc
473^^^^
474* #2954: Merge with pypa/distutils@eba2bcd310. Adds platsubdir to config vars available for substitution.
475
476
477v60.0.3
478-------
479
480
481Misc
482^^^^
483* #2940: Avoid KeyError in distutils hack when pip is imported during ensurepip.
484
485
486v60.0.2
487-------
488
489
490Misc
491^^^^
492* #2938: Select 'posix_user' for the scheme unless falling back to stdlib, then use 'unix_user'.
493
494
495v60.0.1
496-------
497
498
499Misc
500^^^^
501* #2944: Add support for extended install schemes in easy_install.
502
503
504v60.0.0
505-------
506
507
508Breaking Changes
509^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
510* #2896: Setuptools once again makes its local copy of distutils the default. To override, set SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib.
511
512
513v59.8.0
514-------
515
516
517Changes
518^^^^^^^
519* #2935: Merge pypa/distutils@460b59f0e68dba17e2465e8dd421bbc14b994d1f.
520
521
522v59.7.0
523-------
524
525
526Changes
527^^^^^^^
528* #2930: Require Python 3.7
529
530
531v59.6.0
532-------
533
534
535Changes
536^^^^^^^
537* #2925: Merge with pypa/distutils@92082ee42c including introduction of deprecation warning on Version classes.
538
539
540v59.5.0
541-------
542
543
544Changes
545^^^^^^^
546* #2914: Merge with pypa/distutils@8f2df0bf6.
547
548
549v59.4.0
550-------
551
552
553Changes
554^^^^^^^
555* #2893: Restore deprecated support for newlines in the Summary field.
556
557
558v59.3.0
559-------
560
561
562Changes
563^^^^^^^
564* #2902: Merge with pypa/distutils@85db7a41242.
565
566Misc
567^^^^
568* #2906: In ensure_local_distutils, re-use DistutilsMetaFinder to load the module. Avoids race conditions when _distutils_system_mod is employed.
569
570
571v59.2.0
572-------
573
574
575Changes
576^^^^^^^
577* #2875: Introduce changes from pypa/distutils@514e9d0, including support for overrides from Debian and pkgsrc, unlocking the possibility of making SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=local the default again.
578
579
580v59.1.1
581-------
582
583
584Misc
585^^^^
586* #2885: Fixed errors when encountering LegacyVersions.
587
588
589v59.1.0
590-------
591
592
593Changes
594^^^^^^^
595* #2497: Update packaging to 21.2.
596* #2877: Back out deprecation of setup_requires and replace instead by a deprecation of setuptools.installer and fetch_build_egg. Now setup_requires is still supported when installed as part of a PEP 517 build, but is deprecated when an unsatisfied requirement is encountered.
597* #2879: Bump packaging to 21.2.
598
599Documentation changes
600^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
601* #2867: PNG/ICO images replaced with SVG in the docs.
602* #2867: Added support to SVG "favicons" via "in-tree" Sphinx extension.
603
604
605v59.0.1
606-------
607
608
609Misc
610^^^^
611* #2880: Removed URL requirement for ``pytest-virtualenv`` in ``setup.cfg``.
612  PyPI rejects packages with dependencies external to itself.
613  Instead the test dependency was overwritten via ``tox.ini``
614
615
616v59.0.0
617-------
618
619
620Deprecations
621^^^^^^^^^^^^
622* #2856: Support for custom commands that inherit directly from ``distutils`` is
623  **deprecated**. Users should extend classes provided by setuptools instead.
624
625Breaking Changes
626^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
627* #2870: Started failing on invalid inline description with line breaks :class:`ValueError` -- by :user:`webknjaz`
628
629Changes
630^^^^^^^
631* #2698: Exposed exception classes from ``distutils.errors`` via ``setuptools.errors``.
632* #2866: Incorporate changes from pypa/distutils@f1b0a2b.
633
634Documentation changes
635^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
636* #2227: Added sphinx theme customisations to display the new logo in the sidebar and
637  use its colours as "accent" in the documentation -- by :user:`abravalheri`
638* #2227: Added new setuptools logo, including editable files and artwork documentation
639  -- by :user:`abravalheri`
640* #2698: Added mentions to ``setuptools.errors`` as a way of handling custom command
641  errors.
642* #2698: Added instructions to migrate from ``distutils.commands`` and
643  ``distutils.errors`` in the porting guide.
644* #2871: Added a note to the docs that it is possible to install
645  ``setup.py``-less projects in editable mode with :doc:`pip v21.1+
646  <pip:index>`, only having ``setup.cfg`` and ``pyproject.toml`` in
647  project root -- by :user:`webknjaz`
648
649
650v58.5.3
651-------
652
653
654Misc
655^^^^
656* #2849: Add fallback for custom ``build_py`` commands inheriting directly from
657  :mod:`distutils`, while still handling ``include_package_data=True`` for
658  ``sdist``.
659
660
661v58.5.2
662-------
663
664
665Misc
666^^^^
667* #2847: Suppress 'setup.py install' warning under bdist_wheel.
668
669
670v58.5.1
671-------
672
673
674Misc
675^^^^
676* #2846: Move PkgResourcesDeprecationWarning above implicitly-called function so that it's in the namespace when version warnings are generated in an environment that contains them.
677
678
679v58.5.0
680-------
681
682
683Changes
684^^^^^^^
685* #1461: Fix inconsistency with ``include_package_data`` and ``packages_data`` in sdist
686  by replacing the loop breaking mechanism between the ``sdist`` and
687  ``egg_info`` commands -- by :user:`abravalheri`
688
689
690v58.4.0
691-------
692
693
694Changes
695^^^^^^^
696* #2497: Officially deprecated PEP 440 non-compliant versions.
697
698Documentation changes
699^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
700* #2832: Removed the deprecated ``data_files`` option from the example in the
701  declarative configuration docs -- by :user:`abravalheri`
702* #2832: Change type of ``data_files`` option from ``dict`` to ``section`` in
703  declarative configuration docs (to match previous example) -- by
704  :user:`abravalheri`
705
706
707v58.3.0
708-------
709
710
711Changes
712^^^^^^^
713* #917: ``setup.py install`` and ``easy_install`` commands are now officially deprecated. Use other standards-based installers (like pip) and builders (like build). Workloads reliant on this behavior should pin to this major version of Setuptools. See `Why you shouldn't invoke setup.py directly <https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html>`_ for more background.
714* #1988: Deprecated the ``bdist_rpm`` command. Binary packages should be built as wheels instead.
715  -- by :user:`hugovk`
716* #2785: Replace ``configparser``'s ``readfp`` with ``read_file``, deprecated since Python 3.2.
717  -- by :user:`hugovk`
718* #2823: Officially deprecated support for ``setup_requires``. Users are encouraged instead to migrate to PEP 518 ``build-system.requires`` in ``pyproject.toml``. Users reliant on ``setup_requires`` should consider pinning to this major version to avoid disruption.
719
720Misc
721^^^^
722* #2762: Changed codecov.yml to configure the threshold to be lower
723  -- by :user:`tanvimoharir`
724
725
726v58.2.0
727-------
728
729
730Changes
731^^^^^^^
732* #2757: Add windows arm64 launchers for scripts generated by easy_install.
733* #2800: Added ``--owner`` and ``--group`` options to the ``sdist`` command,
734  for specifying file ownership within the produced tarball (similarly
735  to the corresponding distutils ``sdist`` options).
736
737Documentation changes
738^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
739* #2792: Document how the legacy and non-legacy versions are compared, and reference to the PEP 440 scheme.
740
741
742v58.1.0
743-------
744
745
746Changes
747^^^^^^^
748* #2796: Merge with pypa/distutils@02e9f65ab0
749
750
751v58.0.4
752-------
753
754
755Misc
756^^^^
757* #2773: Retain case in setup.cfg during sdist.
758
759
760v58.0.3
761-------
762
763
764Misc
765^^^^
766* #2777: Build does not fail fast when ``use_2to3`` is supplied but set to a false value.
767
768
769v58.0.2
770-------
771
772
773Misc
774^^^^
775* #2769: Build now fails fast when ``use_2to3`` is supplied.
776
777
778v58.0.1
779-------
780
781
782Misc
783^^^^
784* #2765: In Distribution.finalize_options, suppress known removed entry points to avoid issues with older Setuptools.
785
786
787v58.0.0
788-------
789
790
791Breaking Changes
792^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
793* #2086: Removed support for 2to3 during builds. Projects should port to a unified codebase or pin to an older version of Setuptools using PEP 518 build-requires.
794
795Documentation changes
796^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
797* #2746: add python_requires example
798
799
800v57.5.0
801-------
802
803
804Changes
805^^^^^^^
806* #2712: Added implicit globbing support for ``[options.data_files]`` values.
807
808Documentation changes
809^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
810* #2737: fix various syntax and style errors in code snippets in docs
811
812
813v57.4.0
814-------
815
816
817Changes
818^^^^^^^
819* #2722: Added support for ``SETUPTOOLS_EXT_SUFFIX`` environment variable to override the suffix normally detected from the ``sysconfig`` module.
820
821
822v57.3.0
823-------
824
825
826Changes
827^^^^^^^
828* #2465: Documentation is now published using the Furo theme.
829
830
831v57.2.0
832-------
833
834
835Changes
836^^^^^^^
837* #2724: Added detection of Windows ARM64 build environments using the ``VSCMD_ARG_TGT_ARCH`` environment variable.
838
839
840v57.1.0
841-------
842
843
844Changes
845^^^^^^^
846* #2692: Globs are now sorted in 'license_files' restoring reproducibility by eliminating variance from disk order.
847* #2714: Update to distutils at pypa/distutils@e2627b7.
848* #2715: Removed reliance on deprecated ssl.match_hostname by removing the ssl support. Now any index operations rely on the native SSL implementation.
849
850Documentation changes
851^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
852* #2604: Revamped the backward/cross tool compatibility section to remove
853  some confusion.
854  Add some examples and the version since when ``entry_points`` are
855  supported in declarative configuration.
856  Tried to make the reading flow a bit leaner, gather some information
857  that were a bit dispersed.
858
859
860v57.0.0
861-------
862
863
864Breaking Changes
865^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
866* #2645: License files excluded via the ``MANIFEST.in`` but matched by either
867  the ``license_file`` (deprecated) or ``license_files`` options,
868  will be nevertheless included in the source distribution. - by :user:`cdce8p`
869
870Changes
871^^^^^^^
872* #2628: Write long description in message payload of PKG-INFO file. - by :user:`cdce8p`
873* #2645: Added ``License-File`` (multiple) to the output package metadata.
874  The field will contain the path of a license file, matched by the
875  ``license_file`` (deprecated) and ``license_files`` options,
876  relative to ``.dist-info``. - by :user:`cdce8p`
877* #2678: Moved Setuptools' own entry points into declarative config.
878* #2680: Vendored :pypi:`more_itertools` for Setuptools.
879* #2681: Setuptools own setup.py no longer declares setup_requires, but instead expects wheel to be installed as declared by pyproject.toml.
880
881Misc
882^^^^
883* #2650: Updated the docs build tooling to support the latest version of
884  Towncrier and show the previews of not-yet-released setuptools versions
885  in the changelog -- :user:`webknjaz`
886
887
888v56.2.0
889-------
890
891
892Changes
893^^^^^^^
894* #2640: Fixed handling of multiline license strings. - by :user:`cdce8p`
895* #2641: Setuptools will now always try to use the latest supported
896  metadata version for ``PKG-INFO``. - by :user:`cdce8p`
897
898
899v56.1.0
900-------
901
902
903Changes
904^^^^^^^
905* #2653: Incorporated assorted changes from pypa/distutils.
906* #2657: Adopted docs from distutils.
907* #2663: Added Visual Studio Express 2017 support -- by :user:`dofuuz`
908
909Misc
910^^^^
911* #2644: Fixed ``DeprecationWarning`` due to ``threading.Thread.setDaemon`` in tests -- by :user:`tirkarthi`
912* #2654: Made the changelog generator compatible
913  with Towncrier >= 19.9 -- :user:`webknjaz`
914* #2664: Relax the deprecation message in the distutils hack.
915
916
917v56.0.0
918-------
919
920
921Deprecations
922^^^^^^^^^^^^
923* #2620: The ``license_file`` option is now marked as deprecated.
924  Use ``license_files`` instead. -- by :user:`cdce8p`
925
926Breaking Changes
927^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
928* #2620: If neither ``license_file`` nor ``license_files`` is specified, the ``sdist``
929  option will now auto-include files that match the following patterns:
930  ``LICEN[CS]E*``, ``COPYING*``, ``NOTICE*``, ``AUTHORS*``.
931  This matches the behavior of ``bdist_wheel``. -- by :user:`cdce8p`
932
933Changes
934^^^^^^^
935* #2620: The ``license_file`` and ``license_files`` options now support glob patterns. -- by :user:`cdce8p`
936* #2632: Implemented ``VendorImporter.find_spec()`` method to get rid
937  of ``ImportWarning`` that Python 3.10 emits when only the old-style
938  importer hooks are present -- by :user:`webknjaz`
939
940Documentation changes
941^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
942* #2620: Added documentation for the ``license_files`` option. -- by :user:`cdce8p`
943
944
945v55.0.0
946-------
947
948
949Breaking Changes
950^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
951* #2566: Remove the deprecated ``bdist_wininst`` command. Binary packages should be built as wheels instead. -- by :user:`hroncok`
952
953
954v54.2.0
955-------
956
957
958Changes
959^^^^^^^
960* #2608: Added informative error message to PEP 517 build failures owing to
961  an empty ``setup.py`` -- by :user:`layday`
962
963
964v54.1.3
965-------
966
967No significant changes.
968
969
970v54.1.2
971-------
972
973
974Misc
975^^^^
976* #2595: Reduced scope of dash deprecation warning to Setuptools/distutils only -- by :user:`melissa-kun-li`
977
978
979v54.1.1
980-------
981
982
983Documentation changes
984^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
985* #2584: Added ``sphinx-inline-tabs`` extension to allow for comparison of ``setup.py`` and its equivalent ``setup.cfg`` -- by :user:`amy-lei`
986
987Misc
988^^^^
989* #2592: Made option keys in the ``[metadata]`` section of ``setup.cfg`` case-sensitive. Users having
990  uppercase option spellings will get a warning suggesting to make them to lowercase
991  -- by :user:`melissa-kun-li`
992
993
994v54.1.0
995-------
996
997
998Changes
999^^^^^^^
1000* #1608: Removed the conversion of dashes to underscores in the :code:`extras_require` and :code:`data_files` of :code:`setup.cfg` to support the usage of dashes. Method will warn users when they use a dash-separated key which in the future will only allow an underscore. Note: the method performs the dash to underscore conversion to preserve compatibility, but future versions will no longer support it -- by :user:`melissa-kun-li`
1001
1002
1003v54.0.0
1004-------
1005
1006
1007Breaking Changes
1008^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1009* #2582: Simplified build-from-source story by providing bootstrapping metadata in a separate egg-info directory. Build requirements no longer include setuptools itself. Sdist once again includes the pyproject.toml. Project can no longer be installed from source on pip 19.x, but install from source is still supported on pip < 19 and pip >= 20 and install from wheel is still supported with pip >= 9.
1010
1011Changes
1012^^^^^^^
1013* #1932: Handled :code:`AttributeError` by raising :code:`DistutilsSetupError` in :code:`dist.check_specifier()` when specifier is not a string -- by :user:`melissa-kun-li`
1014* #2570: Correctly parse cmdclass in setup.cfg.
1015
1016Documentation changes
1017^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1018* #2553: Added userguide example for markers in extras_require -- by :user:`pwoolvett`
1019
1020
1021v53.1.0
1022-------
1023
1024
1025Changes
1026^^^^^^^
1027* #1937: Preserved case-sensitivity of keys in setup.cfg so that entry point names are case-sensitive. Changed sensitivity of configparser. NOTE: Any projects relying on case-insensitivity will need to adapt to accept the original case as published. -- by :user:`melissa-kun-li`
1028* #2573: Fixed error in uploading a Sphinx doc with the :code:`upload_docs` command. An html builder will be used.
1029  Note: :code:`upload_docs` is deprecated for PyPi, but is supported for other sites -- by :user:`melissa-kun-li`
1030
1031
1032v53.0.0
1033-------
1034
1035
1036Breaking Changes
1037^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1038* #1527: Removed bootstrap script. Now Setuptools requires pip or another pep517-compliant builder such as 'build' to build. Now Setuptools can be installed from Github main branch.
1039
1040
1041v52.0.0
1042-------
1043
1044
1045Breaking Changes
1046^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1047* #2537: Remove fallback support for fetch_build_eggs using easy_install. Now pip is required for setup_requires to succeed.
1048* #2544: Removed 'easy_install' top-level model (runpy entry point) and 'easy_install' console script.
1049* #2545: Removed support for eggsecutables.
1050
1051Changes
1052^^^^^^^
1053* #2459: Tests now run in parallel via pytest-xdist, completing in about half the time. Special thanks to :user:`webknjaz` for hard work implementing test isolation. To run without parallelization, disable the plugin with ``tox -- -p no:xdist``.
1054
1055
1056v51.3.3
1057-------
1058
1059
1060Misc
1061^^^^
1062* #2539: Fix AttributeError in Description validation.
1063
1064
1065v51.3.2
1066-------
1067
1068
1069Misc
1070^^^^
1071* #1390: Validation of Description field now is more lenient, emitting a warning and mangling the value to be valid (replacing newlines with spaces).
1072
1073
1074v51.3.1
1075-------
1076
1077
1078Misc
1079^^^^
1080* #2536: Reverted tag deduplication handling.
1081
1082
1083v51.3.0
1084-------
1085
1086
1087Changes
1088^^^^^^^
1089* #1390: Newlines in metadata description/Summary now trigger a ValueError.
1090* #2481: Define ``create_module()`` and ``exec_module()`` methods in ``VendorImporter``
1091  to get rid of ``ImportWarning`` -- by :user:`hroncok`
1092* #2489: ``pkg_resources`` behavior for zipimport now matches the regular behavior, and finds
1093  ``.egg-info`` (previously would only find ``.dist-info``) -- by :user:`thatch`
1094* #2529: Fixed an issue where version tags may be added multiple times
1095
1096
1097v51.2.0
1098-------
1099
1100
1101Changes
1102^^^^^^^
1103* #2493: Use importlib.import_module() rather than the deprecated loader.load_module()
1104  in pkg_resources namespace declaration -- by :user:`encukou`
1105
1106Documentation changes
1107^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1108* #2525: Fix typo in the document page about entry point. -- by :user:`jtr109`
1109
1110Misc
1111^^^^
1112* #2534: Avoid hitting network during test_easy_install.
1113
1114
1115v51.1.2
1116-------
1117
1118
1119Misc
1120^^^^
1121* #2505: Disable inclusion of package data as it causes 'tests' to be included as data.
1122
1123
1124v51.1.1
1125-------
1126
1127
1128Misc
1129^^^^
1130* #2534: Avoid hitting network during test_virtualenv.test_test_command.
1131
1132
1133v51.1.0
1134-------
1135
1136
1137Changes
1138^^^^^^^
1139* #2486: Project adopts jaraco/skeleton for shared package maintenance.
1140
1141Misc
1142^^^^
1143* #2477: Restore inclusion of rst files in sdist.
1144* #2484: Setuptools has replaced the master branch with the main branch.
1145* #2485: Fixed failing test when pip 20.3+ is present.
1146  -- by :user:`yan12125`
1147* #2487: Fix tests with pytest 6.2
1148  -- by :user:`yan12125`
1149
1150
1151v51.0.0
1152-------
1153
1154
1155Breaking Changes
1156^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1157* #2435: Require Python 3.6 or later.
1158
1159Documentation changes
1160^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1161* #2430: Fixed inconsistent RST title nesting levels caused by #2399
1162  -- by :user:`webknjaz`
1163* #2430: Fixed a typo in Sphinx docs that made docs dev section disappear
1164  as a result of PR #2426 -- by :user:`webknjaz`
1165
1166Misc
1167^^^^
1168* #2471: Removed the tests that guarantee that the vendored dependencies can be built by distutils.
1169
1170
1171v50.3.2
1172-------
1173
1174
1175
1176Documentation changes
1177^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1178* #2394: Extended towncrier news template to include change note categories.
1179  This allows to see what types of changes a given version introduces
1180  -- by :user:`webknjaz`
1181* #2427: Started enforcing strict syntax and reference validation
1182  in the Sphinx docs -- by :user:`webknjaz`
1183* #2428: Removed redundant Sphinx ``Makefile`` support -- by :user:`webknjaz`
1184
1185Misc
1186^^^^
1187* #2401: Enabled test results reporting in AppVeyor CI
1188  -- by :user:`webknjaz`
1189* #2420: Replace Python 3.9.0 beta with 3.9.0 final on GitHub Actions.
1190* #2421: Python 3.9 Trove classifier got added to the dist metadata
1191  -- by :user:`webknjaz`
1192
1193
1194v50.3.1
1195-------
1196
1197
1198
1199Documentation changes
1200^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1201* #2093: Finalized doc revamp.
1202* #2097: doc: simplify index and group deprecated files
1203* #2102: doc overhaul step 2: break main doc into multiple sections
1204* #2111: doc overhaul step 3: update userguide
1205* #2395: Added a ``:user:`` role to Sphinx config -- by :user:`webknjaz`
1206* #2395: Added an illustrative explanation about the change notes to fragments dir -- by :user:`webknjaz`
1207
1208Misc
1209^^^^
1210* #2379: Travis CI test suite now tests against PPC64.
1211* #2413: Suppress EOF errors (and other exceptions) when importing lib2to3.
1212
1213
1214v50.3.0
1215-------
1216
1217
1218
1219Changes
1220^^^^^^^
1221* #2368: In distutils, restore support for monkeypatched CCompiler.spawn per pypa/distutils#15.
1222
1223
1224v50.2.0
1225-------
1226
1227
1228
1229Changes
1230^^^^^^^
1231* #2355: When pip is imported as part of a build, leave distutils patched.
1232* #2380: There are some setuptools specific changes in the
1233  ``setuptools.command.bdist_rpm`` module that are no longer needed, because
1234  they are part of the ``bdist_rpm`` module in distutils in Python
1235  3.5.0. Therefore, code was removed from ``setuptools.command.bdist_rpm``.
1236
1237
1238v50.1.0
1239-------
1240
1241
1242
1243Changes
1244^^^^^^^
1245* #2350: Setuptools reverts using the included distutils by default. Platform maintainers and system integrators and others are *strongly* encouraged to set ``SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=local`` to help identify and work through the reported issues with distutils adoption, mainly to file issues and pull requests with pypa/distutils such that distutils performs as needed across every supported environment.
1246
1247
1248v50.0.3
1249-------
1250
1251
1252
1253Misc
1254^^^^
1255* #2363: Restore link_libpython support on Python 3.7 and earlier (see pypa/distutils#9).
1256
1257
1258v50.0.2
1259-------
1260
1261
1262
1263Misc
1264^^^^
1265* #2352: In distutils hack, use absolute import rather than relative to avoid bpo-30876.
1266
1267
1268v50.0.1
1269-------
1270
1271
1272
1273Misc
1274^^^^
1275* #2357: Restored Python 3.5 support in distutils.util for missing ``subprocess._optim_args_from_interpreter_flags``.
1276* #2358: Restored AIX support on Python 3.8 and earlier.
1277* #2361: Add Python 3.10 support to _distutils_hack. Get the 'Loader' abstract class
1278  from importlib.abc rather than importlib.util.abc (alias removed in Python
1279  3.10).
1280
1281
1282v50.0.0
1283-------
1284
1285
1286
1287Breaking Changes
1288^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1289* #2232: Once again, Setuptools overrides the stdlib distutils on import. For environments or invocations where this behavior is undesirable, users are provided with a temporary escape hatch. If the environment variable ``SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS`` is set to ``stdlib``, Setuptools will fall back to the legacy behavior. Use of this escape hatch is discouraged, but it is provided to ease the transition while proper fixes for edge cases can be addressed.
1290
1291Changes
1292^^^^^^^
1293* #2334: In MSVC module, refine text in error message.
1294
1295
1296v49.6.0
1297-------
1298
1299
1300
1301Changes
1302^^^^^^^
1303* #2129: In pkg_resources, no longer detect any pathname ending in .egg as a Python egg. Now the path must be an unpacked egg or a zip file.
1304
1305
1306v49.5.0
1307-------
1308
1309
1310
1311Changes
1312^^^^^^^
1313* #2306: When running as a PEP 517 backend, setuptools does not try to install
1314  ``setup_requires`` itself. They are reported as build requirements for the
1315  frontend to install.
1316
1317
1318v49.4.0
1319-------
1320
1321
1322
1323Changes
1324^^^^^^^
1325* #2310: Updated vendored packaging version to 20.4.
1326
1327
1328v49.3.2
1329-------
1330
1331
1332
1333Documentation changes
1334^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1335* #2300: Improve the ``safe_version`` function documentation
1336
1337Misc
1338^^^^
1339* #2297: Once again, in stubs prefer exec_module to the deprecated load_module.
1340
1341
1342v49.3.1
1343-------
1344
1345
1346
1347Changes
1348^^^^^^^
1349* #2316: Removed warning when ``distutils`` is imported before ``setuptools`` when ``distutils`` replacement is not enabled.
1350
1351
1352v49.3.0
1353-------
1354
1355
1356
1357Changes
1358^^^^^^^
1359* #2259: Setuptools now provides a .pth file (except for editable installs of setuptools) to the target environment to ensure that when enabled, the setuptools-provided distutils is preferred before setuptools has been imported (and even if setuptools is never imported). Honors the SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS environment variable.
1360
1361
1362v49.2.1
1363-------
1364
1365
1366
1367Misc
1368^^^^
1369* #2257: Fixed two flaws in distutils._msvccompiler.MSVCCompiler.spawn.
1370
1371
1372v49.2.0
1373-------
1374
1375
1376
1377Changes
1378^^^^^^^
1379* #2230: Now warn the user when setuptools is imported after distutils modules have been loaded (exempting PyPy for 3.6), directing the users of packages to import setuptools first.
1380
1381
1382v49.1.3
1383-------
1384
1385
1386
1387Misc
1388^^^^
1389* #2212: (Distutils) Allow spawn to accept environment. Avoid monkey-patching global state.
1390* #2249: Fix extension loading technique in stubs.
1391
1392
1393v49.1.2
1394-------
1395
1396
1397
1398Changes
1399^^^^^^^
1400* #2232: In preparation for re-enabling a local copy of distutils, Setuptools now honors an environment variable, SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS. If set to 'stdlib' (current default), distutils will be used from the standard library. If set to 'local' (default in a imminent backward-incompatible release), the local copy of distutils will be used.
1401
1402
1403v49.1.1
1404-------
1405
1406
1407
1408Misc
1409^^^^
1410* #2094: Removed pkg_resources.py2_warn module, which is no longer reachable.
1411
1412
1413v49.0.1
1414-------
1415
1416
1417
1418Misc
1419^^^^
1420* #2228: Applied fix for pypa/distutils#3, restoring expectation that spawn will raise a DistutilsExecError when attempting to execute a missing file.
1421
1422
1423v49.1.0
1424-------
1425
1426
1427
1428Changes
1429^^^^^^^
1430* #2228: Disabled distutils adoption for now while emergent issues are addressed.
1431
1432
1433v49.0.0
1434-------
1435
1436
1437
1438Breaking Changes
1439^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1440* #2165: Setuptools no longer installs a site.py file during easy_install or develop installs. As a result, .eggs on PYTHONPATH will no longer take precedence over other packages on sys.path. If this issue affects your production environment, please reach out to the maintainers at #2165.
1441
1442Changes
1443^^^^^^^
1444* #2137: Removed (private) pkg_resources.RequirementParseError, now replaced by packaging.requirements.InvalidRequirement. Kept the name for compatibility, but users should catch InvalidRequirement instead.
1445* #2180: Update vendored packaging in pkg_resources to 19.2.
1446
1447Misc
1448^^^^
1449* #2199: Fix exception causes all over the codebase by using ``raise new_exception from old_exception``
1450
1451
1452v48.0.0
1453-------
1454
1455
1456
1457Breaking Changes
1458^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1459* #2143: Setuptools adopts distutils from the Python 3.9 standard library and no longer depends on distutils in the standard library. When importing ``setuptools`` or ``setuptools.distutils_patch``, Setuptools will expose its bundled version as a top-level ``distutils`` package (and unload any previously-imported top-level distutils package), retaining the expectation that ``distutils``' objects are actually Setuptools objects.
1460  To avoid getting any legacy behavior from the standard library, projects are advised to always "import setuptools" prior to importing anything from distutils. This behavior happens by default when using ``pip install`` or ``pep517.build``. Workflows that rely on ``setup.py (anything)`` will need to first ensure setuptools is imported. One way to achieve this behavior without modifying code is to invoke Python thus: ``python -c "import setuptools; exec(open('setup.py').read())" (anything)``.
1461
1462
1463v47.3.2
1464-------
1465
1466
1467
1468Misc
1469^^^^
1470* #2071: Replaced references to the deprecated imp package with references to importlib
1471
1472
1473v47.3.1
1474-------
1475
1476
1477
1478Misc
1479^^^^
1480* #1973: Removed ``pkg_resources.py31compat.makedirs`` in favor of the stdlib. Use ``os.makedirs()`` instead.
1481* #2198: Restore ``__requires__`` directive in easy-install wrapper scripts.
1482
1483
1484v47.3.0
1485-------
1486
1487
1488
1489Changes
1490^^^^^^^
1491* #2197: Console script wrapper for editable installs now has a unified template and honors importlib_metadata if present for faster script execution on older Pythons.
1492
1493Misc
1494^^^^
1495* #2195: Fix broken entry points generated by easy-install (pip editable installs).
1496
1497
1498v47.2.0
1499-------
1500
1501
1502
1503Changes
1504^^^^^^^
1505* #2194: Editable-installed entry points now load significantly faster on Python versions 3.8+.
1506* #1471: Incidentally fixed by #2194 on Python 3.8 or when importlib_metadata is present.
1507
1508
1509v47.1.1
1510-------
1511
1512
1513
1514Documentation changes
1515^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1516* #2156: Update mailing list pointer in developer docs
1517
1518Incorporate changes from v44.1.1:
1519^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1520
1521* #2158: Avoid loading working set during ``Distribution.finalize_options`` prior to invoking ``_install_setup_requires``, broken since v42.0.0.
1522
1523
1524v44.1.1
1525-------
1526
1527
1528
1529Misc
1530^^^^
1531* #2158: Avoid loading working set during ``Distribution.finalize_options`` prior to invoking ``_install_setup_requires``, broken since v42.0.0.
1532
1533
1534v47.1.0
1535-------
1536
1537
1538
1539Changes
1540^^^^^^^
1541* #2070: In wheel-to-egg conversion, use simple pkg_resources-style namespace declaration for packages that declare namespace_packages.
1542
1543
1544v47.0.0
1545-------
1546
1547
1548
1549Breaking Changes
1550^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1551* #2094: Setuptools now actively crashes under Python 2. Python 3.5 or later is required. Users of Python 2 should use ``setuptools<45``.
1552
1553Changes
1554^^^^^^^
1555* #1700: Document all supported keywords by migrating the ones from distutils.
1556
1557
1558v46.4.0
1559-------
1560
1561
1562
1563Changes
1564^^^^^^^
1565* #1753: ``attr:`` now extracts variables through rudimentary examination of the AST,
1566  thereby supporting modules with third-party imports. If examining the AST
1567  fails to find the variable, ``attr:`` falls back to the old behavior of
1568  importing the module. Works on Python 3 only.
1569
1570
1571v46.3.1
1572-------
1573
1574No significant changes.
1575
1576
1577v46.3.0
1578-------
1579
1580
1581
1582Changes
1583^^^^^^^
1584* #2089: Package index functionality no longer attempts to remove an md5 fragment from the index URL. This functionality, added for distribute #163 is no longer relevant.
1585
1586Misc
1587^^^^
1588* #2041: Preserve file modes during pkg files copying, but clear read only flag for target afterwards.
1589* #2105: Filter ``2to3`` deprecation warnings from ``TestDevelop.test_2to3_user_mode``.
1590
1591
1592v46.2.0
1593-------
1594
1595
1596
1597Changes
1598^^^^^^^
1599* #2040: Deprecated the ``bdist_wininst`` command. Binary packages should be built as wheels instead.
1600* #2062: Change 'Mac OS X' to 'macOS' in code.
1601* #2075: Stop recognizing files ending with ``.dist-info`` as distribution metadata.
1602* #2086: Deprecate 'use_2to3' functionality. Packagers are encouraged to use single-source solutions or build tool chains to manage conversions outside of setuptools.
1603
1604Documentation changes
1605^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1606* #1698: Added documentation for ``build_meta`` (a bare minimum, not completed).
1607
1608Misc
1609^^^^
1610* #2082: Filter ``lib2to3`` ``PendingDeprecationWarning`` and ``DeprecationWarning`` in tests,
1611  because ``lib2to3`` is `deprecated in Python 3.9 <https://bugs.python.org/issue40360>`_.
1612
1613
1614v46.1.3
1615-------
1616
1617No significant changes.
1618
1619
1620v46.1.2
1621-------
1622
1623
1624
1625Misc
1626^^^^
1627* #1458: Added template for reporting Python 2 incompatibilities.
1628
1629
1630v46.1.1
1631-------
1632
1633No significant changes.
1634
1635
1636v46.1.0
1637-------
1638
1639
1640
1641Changes
1642^^^^^^^
1643* #308: Allow version number normalization to be bypassed by wrapping in a 'setuptools.sic()' call.
1644* #1424: Prevent keeping files mode for package_data build. It may break a build if user's package data has read only flag.
1645* #1431: In ``easy_install.check_site_dir``, ensure the installation directory exists.
1646* #1563: In ``pkg_resources`` prefer ``find_spec`` (PEP 451) to ``find_module``.
1647
1648Incorporate changes from v44.1.0:
1649^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1650
1651* #1704: Set sys.argv[0] in setup script run by build_meta.__legacy__
1652* #1959: Fix for Python 4: replace unsafe six.PY3 with six.PY2
1653* #1994: Fixed a bug in the "setuptools.finalize_distribution_options" hook that lead to ignoring the order attribute of entry points managed by this hook.
1654
1655
1656v44.1.0
1657-------
1658
1659
1660
1661Changes
1662^^^^^^^
1663* #1704: Set sys.argv[0] in setup script run by build_meta.__legacy__
1664* #1959: Fix for Python 4: replace unsafe six.PY3 with six.PY2
1665* #1994: Fixed a bug in the "setuptools.finalize_distribution_options" hook that lead to ignoring the order attribute of entry points managed by this hook.
1666
1667
1668v46.0.0
1669-------
1670
1671
1672
1673Breaking Changes
1674^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1675* #65: Once again as in 3.0, removed the Features feature.
1676
1677Changes
1678^^^^^^^
1679* #1890: Fix vendored dependencies so importing ``setuptools.extern.some_module`` gives the same object as ``setuptools._vendor.some_module``. This makes Metadata picklable again.
1680* #1899: Test suite now fails on warnings.
1681
1682Documentation changes
1683^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1684* #2011: Fix broken link to distutils docs on package_data
1685
1686Misc
1687^^^^
1688* #1991: Include pkg_resources test data in sdist, so tests can be executed from it.
1689
1690
1691v45.3.0
1692-------
1693
1694
1695
1696Changes
1697^^^^^^^
1698* #1557: Deprecated eggsecutable scripts and updated docs.
1699* #1904: Update msvc.py to use CPython 3.8.0 mechanism to find msvc 14+
1700
1701
1702v45.2.0
1703-------
1704
1705
1706
1707Changes
1708^^^^^^^
1709* #1905: Fixed defect in _imp, introduced in 41.6.0 when the 'tests' directory is not present.
1710* #1941: Improve editable installs with PEP 518 build isolation:
1711
1712  * The ``--user`` option is now always available. A warning is issued if the user site directory is not available.
1713  * The error shown when the install directory is not in ``PYTHONPATH`` has been turned into a warning.
1714* #1981: Setuptools now declares its ``tests`` and ``docs`` dependencies in metadata (extras).
1715* #1985: Add support for installing scripts in environments where bdist_wininst is missing (i.e. Python 3.9).
1716
1717Misc
1718^^^^
1719* #1968: Add flake8-2020 to check for misuse of sys.version or sys.version_info.
1720
1721
1722v45.1.0
1723-------
1724
1725
1726
1727Changes
1728^^^^^^^
1729* #1458: Add minimum sunset date and preamble to Python 2 warning.
1730* #1704: Set sys.argv[0] in setup script run by build_meta.__legacy__
1731* #1974: Add Python 3 Only Trove Classifier and remove universal wheel declaration for more complete transition from Python 2.
1732
1733
1734v45.0.0
1735-------
1736
1737
1738
1739Breaking Changes
1740^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1741* #1458: Drop support for Python 2. Setuptools now requires Python 3.5 or later. Install setuptools using pip >=9 or pin to Setuptools <45 to maintain 2.7 support.
1742
1743Changes
1744^^^^^^^
1745* #1959: Fix for Python 4: replace unsafe six.PY3 with six.PY2
1746
1747
1748v44.0.0
1749-------
1750
1751
1752
1753Breaking Changes
1754^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1755* #1908: Drop support for Python 3.4.
1756
1757
1758v43.0.0
1759-------
1760
1761
1762
1763Breaking Changes
1764^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1765* #1634: Include ``pyproject.toml`` in source distribution by default. Projects relying on the previous behavior where ``pyproject.toml`` was excluded by default should stop relying on that behavior or add ``exclude pyproject.toml`` to their MANIFEST.in file.
1766
1767Changes
1768^^^^^^^
1769* #1927: Setuptools once again declares 'setuptools' in the ``build-system.requires`` and adds PEP 517 build support by declaring itself as the ``build-backend``. It additionally specifies ``build-system.backend-path`` to rely on itself for those builders that support it.
1770
1771
1772v42.0.2
1773-------
1774
1775Changes
1776^^^^^^^
1777
1778* #1921: Fix support for easy_install's ``find-links`` option in ``setup.cfg``.
1779* #1922: Build dependencies (setup_requires and tests_require) now install transitive dependencies indicated by extras.
1780
1781
1782v42.0.1
1783-------
1784
1785
1786
1787Changes
1788^^^^^^^
1789* #1918: Fix regression in handling wheels compatibility tags.
1790
1791
1792v42.0.0
1793-------
1794
1795
1796
1797Breaking Changes
1798^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1799* #1830, #1909: Mark the easy_install script and setuptools command as deprecated, and use `pip <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/>`_ when available to fetch/build wheels for missing ``setup_requires``/``tests_require`` requirements, with the following differences in behavior:
1800   * support for ``python_requires``
1801   * better support for wheels (proper handling of priority with respect to PEP 425 tags)
1802   * PEP 517/518 support
1803   * eggs are not supported
1804   * no support for the ``allow_hosts`` easy_install option (``index_url``/``find_links`` are still honored)
1805   * pip environment variables are honored (and take precedence over easy_install options)
1806* #1898: Removed the "upload" and "register" commands in favor of :pypi:`twine`.
1807
1808Changes
1809^^^^^^^
1810* #1767: Add support for the ``license_files`` option in ``setup.cfg`` to automatically
1811  include multiple license files in a source distribution.
1812* #1829: Update handling of wheels compatibility tags:
1813  * add support for manylinux2010
1814  * fix use of removed 'm' ABI flag in Python 3.8 on Windows
1815* #1861: Fix empty namespace package installation from wheel.
1816* #1877: Setuptools now exposes a new entry point hook "setuptools.finalize_distribution_options", enabling plugins like :pypi:`setuptools_scm` to configure options on the distribution at finalization time.
1817
1818
1819v41.6.0
1820-------
1821
1822
1823
1824Changes
1825^^^^^^^
1826* #479: Replace usage of deprecated ``imp`` module with local re-implementation in ``setuptools._imp``.
1827
1828
1829v41.5.1
1830-------
1831
1832
1833
1834Changes
1835^^^^^^^
1836* #1891: Fix code for detecting Visual Studio's version on Windows under Python 2.
1837
1838
1839v41.5.0
1840-------
1841
1842
1843
1844Changes
1845^^^^^^^
1846* #1811: Improve Visual C++ 14.X support, mainly for Visual Studio 2017 and 2019.
1847* #1814: Fix ``pkg_resources.Requirement`` hash/equality implementation: take PEP 508 direct URL into account.
1848* #1824: Fix tests when running under ``python3.10``.
1849* #1878: Formally deprecated the ``test`` command, with the recommendation that users migrate to ``tox``.
1850
1851Documentation changes
1852^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1853* #1860: Update documentation to mention the egg format is not supported by pip and dependency links support was dropped starting with pip 19.0.
1854* #1862: Drop ez_setup documentation: deprecated for some time (last updated in 2016), and still relying on easy_install (deprecated too).
1855* #1868: Drop most documentation references to (deprecated) EasyInstall.
1856* #1884: Added a trove classifier to document support for Python 3.8.
1857
1858Misc
1859^^^^
1860* #1886: Added Python 3.8 release to the Travis test matrix.
1861
1862
1863v41.4.0
1864-------
1865
1866
1867
1868Changes
1869^^^^^^^
1870* #1847: In declarative config, now traps errors when invalid ``python_requires`` values are supplied.
1871
1872
1873v41.3.0
1874-------
1875
1876
1877
1878Changes
1879^^^^^^^
1880* #1690: When storing extras, rely on OrderedSet to retain order of extras as indicated by the packager, which will also be deterministic on Python 2.7 (with PYTHONHASHSEED unset) and Python 3.6+.
1881
1882Misc
1883^^^^
1884* #1858: Fixed failing integration test triggered by 'long_description_content_type' in packaging.
1885
1886
1887v41.2.0
1888-------
1889
1890
1891
1892Changes
1893^^^^^^^
1894* #479: Remove some usage of the deprecated ``imp`` module.
1895
1896Misc
1897^^^^
1898* #1565: Changed html_sidebars from string to list of string as per
1899  https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/changes.html#id58
1900
1901
1902v41.1.0
1903-------
1904
1905
1906
1907Misc
1908^^^^
1909* #1697: Moved most of the constants from setup.py to setup.cfg
1910* #1749: Fixed issue with the PEP 517 backend where building a source distribution would fail if any tarball existed in the destination directory.
1911* #1750: Fixed an issue with PEP 517 backend where wheel builds would fail if the destination directory did not already exist.
1912* #1756: Force metadata-version >= 1.2. when project urls are present.
1913* #1769: Improve ``package_data`` check: ensure the dictionary values are lists/tuples of strings.
1914* #1788: Changed compatibility fallback logic for ``html.unescape`` to avoid accessing ``HTMLParser.unescape`` when not necessary. ``HTMLParser.unescape`` is deprecated and will be removed in Python 3.9.
1915* #1790: Added the file path to the error message when a ``UnicodeDecodeError`` occurs while reading a metadata file.
1916
1917Documentation changes
1918^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1919* #1776: Use license classifiers rather than the license field.
1920
1921
1922v41.0.1
1923-------
1924
1925
1926
1927Changes
1928^^^^^^^
1929* #1671: Fixed issue with the PEP 517 backend that prevented building a wheel when the ``dist/`` directory contained existing ``.whl`` files.
1930* #1709: In test.paths_on_python_path, avoid adding unnecessary duplicates to the PYTHONPATH.
1931* #1741: In package_index, now honor "current directory" during a checkout of git and hg repositories under Windows
1932
1933
1934v41.0.0
1935-------
1936
1937
1938
1939Breaking Changes
1940^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1941* #1735: When parsing setup.cfg files, setuptools now requires the files to be encoded as UTF-8. Any other encoding will lead to a UnicodeDecodeError. This change removes support for specifying an encoding using a 'coding: ' directive in the header of the file, a feature that was introduces in 40.7. Given the recent release of the aforementioned feature, it is assumed that few if any projects are utilizing the feature to specify an encoding other than UTF-8.
1942
1943
1944v40.9.0
1945-------
1946
1947
1948
1949Changes
1950^^^^^^^
1951* #1675: Added support for ``setup.cfg``-only projects when using the ``setuptools.build_meta`` backend. Projects that have enabled PEP 517 no longer need to have a ``setup.py`` and can use the purely declarative ``setup.cfg`` configuration file instead.
1952* #1720: Added support for ``pkg_resources.parse_requirements``-style requirements in ``setup_requires`` when ``setup.py`` is invoked from the ``setuptools.build_meta`` build backend.
1953* #1664: Added the path to the ``PKG-INFO`` or ``METADATA`` file in the exception
1954  text when the ``Version:`` header can't be found.
1955
1956Documentation changes
1957^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1958* #1705: Removed some placeholder documentation sections referring to deprecated features.
1959
1960
1961v40.8.0
1962-------
1963
1964
1965
1966Changes
1967^^^^^^^
1968* #1652: Added the ``build_meta:__legacy__`` backend, a "compatibility mode" PEP 517 backend that can be used as the default when ``build-backend`` is left unspecified in ``pyproject.toml``.
1969* #1635: Resource paths are passed to ``pkg_resources.resource_string`` and similar no longer accept paths that traverse parents, that begin with a leading ``/``. Violations of this expectation raise DeprecationWarnings and will become errors. Additionally, any paths that are absolute on Windows are strictly disallowed and will raise ValueErrors.
1970* #1536: ``setuptools`` will now automatically include licenses if ``setup.cfg`` contains a ``license_file`` attribute, unless this file is manually excluded inside ``MANIFEST.in``.
1971
1972
1973v40.7.3
1974-------
1975
1976
1977
1978Changes
1979^^^^^^^
1980* #1670: In package_index, revert to using a copy of splituser from Python 3.8. Attempts to use ``urllib.parse.urlparse`` led to problems as reported in #1663 and #1668. This change serves as an alternative to #1499 and fixes #1668.
1981
1982
1983v40.7.2
1984-------
1985
1986
1987
1988Changes
1989^^^^^^^
1990* #1666: Restore port in URL handling in package_index.
1991
1992
1993v40.7.1
1994-------
1995
1996
1997
1998Changes
1999^^^^^^^
2000* #1660: On Python 2, when reading config files, downcast options from text to bytes to satisfy distutils expectations.
2001
2002
2003v40.7.0
2004-------
2005
2006
2007
2008Breaking Changes
2009^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2010* #1551: File inputs for the ``license`` field in ``setup.cfg`` files now explicitly raise an error.
2011
2012Changes
2013^^^^^^^
2014* #1180: Add support for non-ASCII in setup.cfg (#1062). Add support for native strings on some parameters (#1136).
2015* #1499: ``setuptools.package_index`` no longer relies on the deprecated ``urllib.parse.splituser`` per Python #27485.
2016* #1544: Added tests for PackageIndex.download (for git URLs).
2017* #1625: In PEP 517 build_meta builder, ensure that sdists are built as gztar per the spec.
2018
2019
2020v40.6.3
2021-------
2022
2023
2024
2025Changes
2026^^^^^^^
2027* #1594: PEP 517 backend no longer declares setuptools as a dependency as it can be assumed.
2028
2029
2030v40.6.2
2031-------
2032
2033
2034
2035Changes
2036^^^^^^^
2037* #1592: Fix invalid dependency on external six module (instead of vendored version).
2038
2039
2040v40.6.1
2041-------
2042
2043
2044
2045Changes
2046^^^^^^^
2047* #1590: Fixed regression where packages without ``author`` or ``author_email`` fields generated malformed package metadata.
2048
2049
2050v40.6.0
2051-------
2052
2053
2054
2055Deprecations
2056^^^^^^^^^^^^
2057* #1541: Officially deprecated the ``requires`` parameter in ``setup()``.
2058
2059Changes
2060^^^^^^^
2061* #1519: In ``pkg_resources.normalize_path``, additional path normalization is now performed to ensure path values to a directory is always the same, preventing false positives when checking scripts have a consistent prefix to set up on Windows.
2062* #1545: Changed the warning class of all deprecation warnings; deprecation warning classes are no longer derived from ``DeprecationWarning`` and are thus visible by default.
2063* #1554: ``build_meta.build_sdist`` now includes ``setup.py`` in source distributions by default.
2064* #1576: Started monkey-patching ``get_metadata_version`` and ``read_pkg_file`` onto ``distutils.DistributionMetadata`` to retain the correct version on the ``PKG-INFO`` file in the (deprecated) ``upload`` command.
2065
2066Documentation changes
2067^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2068* #1395: Changed Pyrex references to Cython in the documentation.
2069* #1456: Documented that the ``rpmbuild`` packages is required for the ``bdist_rpm`` command.
2070* #1537: Documented how to use ``setup.cfg`` for ``src/ layouts``
2071* #1539: Added minimum version column in ``setup.cfg`` metadata table.
2072* #1552: Fixed a minor typo in the python 2/3 compatibility documentation.
2073* #1553: Updated installation instructions to point to ``pip install`` instead of ``ez_setup.py``.
2074* #1560: Updated ``setuptools`` distribution documentation to remove some outdated information.
2075* #1564: Documented ``setup.cfg`` minimum version for version and project_urls.
2076
2077Misc
2078^^^^
2079* #1533: Restricted the ``recursive-include setuptools/_vendor`` to contain only .py and .txt files.
2080* #1572: Added the ``concurrent.futures`` backport ``futures`` to the Python 2.7 test suite requirements.
2081
2082
2083v40.5.0
2084-------
2085
2086
2087
2088Changes
2089^^^^^^^
2090* #1335: In ``pkg_resources.normalize_path``, fix issue on Cygwin when cwd contains symlinks.
2091* #1502: Deprecated support for downloads from Subversion in package_index/easy_install.
2092* #1517: Dropped use of six.u in favor of ``u""`` literals.
2093* #1520: Added support for ``data_files`` in ``setup.cfg``.
2094
2095Documentation changes
2096^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2097* #1525: Fixed rendering of the deprecation warning in easy_install doc.
2098
2099
2100v40.4.3
2101-------
2102
2103
2104
2105Changes
2106^^^^^^^
2107* #1480: Bump vendored pyparsing in pkg_resources to 2.2.1.
2108
2109
2110v40.4.2
2111-------
2112
2113
2114
2115Misc
2116^^^^
2117* #1497: Updated gitignore in repo.
2118
2119
2120v40.4.1
2121-------
2122
2123
2124
2125Changes
2126^^^^^^^
2127* #1480: Bump vendored pyparsing to 2.2.1.
2128
2129
2130v40.4.0
2131-------
2132
2133
2134
2135Changes
2136^^^^^^^
2137* #1481: Join the sdist ``--dist-dir`` and the ``build_meta`` sdist directory argument to point to the same target (meaning the build frontend no longer needs to clean manually the dist dir to avoid multiple sdist presence, and setuptools no longer needs to handle conflicts between the two).
2138
2139
2140v40.3.0
2141-------
2142
2143
2144
2145Changes
2146^^^^^^^
2147* #1402: Fixed a bug with namespace packages under Python 3.6 when one package in
2148  current directory hides another which is installed.
2149* #1427: Set timestamp of ``.egg-info`` directory whenever ``egg_info`` command is run.
2150* #1474: ``build_meta.get_requires_for_build_sdist`` now does not include the ``wheel`` package anymore.
2151* #1486: Suppress warnings in pkg_resources.handle_ns.
2152
2153Misc
2154^^^^
2155* #1479: Remove internal use of six.binary_type.
2156
2157
2158v40.2.0
2159-------
2160
2161
2162
2163Changes
2164^^^^^^^
2165* #1466: Fix handling of Unicode arguments in PEP 517 backend
2166
2167
2168v40.1.1
2169--------
2170
2171
2172
2173Changes
2174^^^^^^^
2175* #1465: Fix regression with ``egg_info`` command when tagging is used.
2176
2177
2178v40.1.0
2179-------
2180
2181
2182
2183Changes
2184^^^^^^^
2185* #1410: Deprecated ``upload`` and ``register`` commands.
2186* #1312: Introduced find_namespace_packages() to find PEP 420 namespace packages.
2187* #1420: Added find_namespace: directive to config parser.
2188* #1418: Solved race in when creating egg cache directories.
2189* #1450: Upgraded vendored PyParsing from 2.1.10 to 2.2.0.
2190* #1451: Upgraded vendored appdirs from 1.4.0 to 1.4.3.
2191* #1388: Fixed "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools" link in exception when Visual C++ not found.
2192* #1389: Added support for scripts which have unicode content.
2193* #1416: Moved several Python version checks over to using ``six.PY2`` and ``six.PY3``.
2194
2195Misc
2196^^^^
2197* #1441: Removed spurious executable permissions from files that don't need them.
2198
2199
2200v40.0.0
2201-------
2202
2203
2204
2205Breaking Changes
2206^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2207* #1342: Drop support for Python 3.3.
2208
2209Changes
2210^^^^^^^
2211* #1366: In package_index, fixed handling of encoded entities in URLs.
2212* #1383: In pkg_resources VendorImporter, avoid removing packages imported from the root.
2213
2214Documentation changes
2215^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2216* #1379: Minor doc fixes after actually using the new release process.
2217* #1385: Removed section on non-package data files.
2218* #1403: Fix developer's guide.
2219
2220Misc
2221^^^^
2222* #1404: Fix PEP 518 configuration: set build requirements in ``pyproject.toml`` to ``["wheel"]``.
2223
2224
2225v39.2.0
2226-------
2227
2228
2229
2230Changes
2231^^^^^^^
2232* #1359: Support using "file:" to load a PEP 440-compliant package version from
2233  a text file.
2234* #1360: Fixed issue with a mismatch between the name of the package and the
2235  name of the .dist-info file in wheel files
2236* #1364: Add ``__dir__()`` implementation to ``pkg_resources.Distribution()`` that
2237  includes the attributes in the ``_provider`` instance variable.
2238* #1365: Take the package_dir option into account when loading the version from
2239  a module attribute.
2240
2241Documentation changes
2242^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2243* #1353: Added coverage badge to README.
2244* #1356: Made small fixes to the developer guide documentation.
2245* #1357: Fixed warnings in documentation builds and started enforcing that the
2246  docs build without warnings in tox.
2247* #1376: Updated release process docs.
2248
2249Misc
2250^^^^
2251* #1343: The ``setuptools`` specific ``long_description_content_type``,
2252  ``project_urls`` and ``provides_extras`` fields are now set consistently
2253  after any ``distutils`` ``setup_keywords`` calls, allowing them to override
2254  values.
2255* #1352: Added ``tox`` environment for documentation builds.
2256* #1354: Added ``towncrier`` for changelog management.
2257* #1355: Add PR template.
2258* #1368: Fixed tests which failed without network connectivity.
2259* #1369: Added unit tests for PEP 425 compatibility tags support.
2260* #1372: Stop testing Python 3.3 in Travis CI, now that the latest version of
2261  ``wheel`` no longer installs on it.
2262
2263v39.1.0
2264-------
2265
2266* #1340: Update all PyPI URLs to reflect the switch to the
2267  new Warehouse codebase.
2268* #1337: In ``pkg_resources``, now support loading resources
2269  for modules loaded by the ``SourcelessFileLoader``.
2270* #1332: Silence spurious wheel related warnings on Windows.
2271
2272v39.0.1
2273-------
2274
2275* #1297: Restore Unicode handling for Maintainer fields in
2276  metadata.
2277
2278v39.0.0
2279-------
2280
2281* #1296: Setuptools now vendors its own direct dependencies, no
2282  longer relying on the dependencies as vendored by pkg_resources.
2283
2284* #296: Removed long-deprecated support for iteration on
2285  Version objects as returned by ``pkg_resources.parse_version``.
2286  Removed the ``SetuptoolsVersion`` and
2287  ``SetuptoolsLegacyVersion`` names as well. They should not
2288  have been used, but if they were, replace with
2289  ``Version`` and ``LegacyVersion`` from ``packaging.version``.
2290
2291v38.7.0
2292-------
2293
2294* #1288: Add support for maintainer in PKG-INFO.
2295
2296v38.6.1
2297-------
2298
2299* #1292: Avoid generating ``Provides-Extra`` in metadata when
2300  no extra is present (but environment markers are).
2301
2302v38.6.0
2303-------
2304
2305* #1286: Add support for Metadata 2.1 (PEP 566).
2306
2307v38.5.2
2308-------
2309
2310* #1285: Fixed RuntimeError in pkg_resources.parse_requirements
2311  on Python 3.7 (stemming from PEP 479).
2312
2313v38.5.1
2314-------
2315
2316* #1271: Revert to Cython legacy ``build_ext`` behavior for
2317  compatibility.
2318
2319v38.5.0
2320-------
2321
2322* #1229: Expand imports in ``build_ext`` to refine detection of
2323  Cython availability.
2324
2325* #1270: When Cython is available, ``build_ext`` now uses the
2326  new_build_ext.
2327
2328v38.4.1
2329-------
2330
2331* #1257: In bdist_egg.scan_module, fix ValueError on Python 3.7.
2332
2333v38.4.0
2334-------
2335
2336* #1231: Removed warning when PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE is enabled.
2337
2338v38.3.0
2339-------
2340
2341* #1210: Add support for PEP 345 Project-URL metadata.
2342* #1207: Add support for ``long_description_type`` to setup.cfg
2343  declarative config as intended and documented.
2344
2345v38.2.5
2346-------
2347
2348* #1232: Fix trailing slash handling in ``pkg_resources.ZipProvider``.
2349
2350v38.2.4
2351-------
2352
2353* #1220: Fix ``data_files`` handling when installing from wheel.
2354
2355v38.2.3
2356-------
2357
2358* fix Travis' Python 3.3 job.
2359
2360v38.2.2
2361-------
2362
2363* #1214: fix handling of namespace packages when installing
2364  from a wheel.
2365
2366v38.2.1
2367-------
2368
2369* #1212: fix encoding handling of metadata when installing
2370  from a wheel.
2371
2372v38.2.0
2373-------
2374
2375* #1200: easy_install now support installing from wheels:
2376  they will be installed as standalone unzipped eggs.
2377
2378v38.1.0
2379-------
2380
2381* #1208: Improve error message when failing to locate scripts
2382  in egg-info metadata.
2383
2384v38.0.0
2385-------
2386
2387* #458: In order to support deterministic builds, Setuptools no
2388  longer allows packages to declare ``install_requires`` as
2389  unordered sequences (sets or dicts).
2390
2391v37.0.0
2392-------
2393
2394* #878: Drop support for Python 2.6. Python 2.6 users should
2395  rely on 'setuptools < 37dev'.
2396
2397v36.8.0
2398-------
2399
2400* #1190: In SSL support for package index operations, use SNI
2401  where available.
2402
2403v36.7.3
2404-------
2405
2406* #1175: Bug fixes to ``build_meta`` module.
2407
2408v36.7.2
2409-------
2410
2411* #701: Fixed duplicate test discovery on Python 3.
2412
2413v36.7.1
2414-------
2415
2416* #1193: Avoid test failures in bdist_egg when
2417  PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE is set.
2418
2419v36.7.0
2420-------
2421
2422* #1054: Support ``setup_requires`` in ``setup.cfg`` files.
2423
2424v36.6.1
2425-------
2426
2427* #1132: Removed redundant and costly serialization/parsing step
2428  in ``EntryPoint.__init__``.
2429
2430* #844: ``bdist_egg --exclude-source-files`` now tested and works
2431  on Python 3.
2432
2433v36.6.0
2434-------
2435
2436* #1143: Added ``setuptools.build_meta`` module, an implementation
2437  of PEP-517 for Setuptools-defined packages.
2438
2439* #1143: Added ``dist_info`` command for producing dist_info
2440  metadata.
2441
2442v36.5.0
2443-------
2444
2445* #170: When working with Mercurial checkouts, use Windows-friendly
2446  syntax for suppressing output.
2447
2448* Inspired by #1134, performed substantial refactoring of
2449  ``pkg_resources.find_on_path`` to facilitate an optimization
2450  for paths with many non-version entries.
2451
2452v36.4.0
2453-------
2454
2455* #1075: Add new ``Description-Content-Type`` metadata field. `See here for
2456  documentation on how to use this field.
2457  <https://packaging.python.org/specifications/#description-content-type>`_
2458
2459* #1068: Sort files and directories when building eggs for
2460  deterministic order.
2461
2462* #196: Remove caching of easy_install command in fetch_build_egg.
2463  Fixes issue where ``pytest-runner-N.N`` would satisfy the installation
2464  of ``pytest``.
2465
2466* #1129: Fix working set dependencies handling when replacing conflicting
2467  distributions (e.g. when using ``setup_requires`` with a conflicting
2468  transitive dependency, fix #1124).
2469
2470* #1133: Improved handling of README files extensions and added
2471  Markdown to the list of searched READMES.
2472
2473* #1135: Improve performance of pkg_resources import by not invoking
2474  ``access`` or ``stat`` and using ``os.listdir`` instead.
2475
2476v36.3.0
2477-------
2478
2479* #1131: Make possible using several files within ``file:`` directive
2480  in metadata.long_description in ``setup.cfg``.
2481
2482v36.2.7
2483-------
2484
2485* fix #1105: Fix handling of requirements with environment
2486  markers when declared in ``setup.cfg`` (same treatment as
2487  for #1081).
2488
2489v36.2.6
2490-------
2491
2492* #462: Don't assume a directory is an egg by the ``.egg``
2493  extension alone.
2494
2495v36.2.5
2496-------
2497
2498* #1093: Fix test command handler with extras_require.
2499* #1112, #1091, #1115: Now using Trusty containers in
2500  Travis for CI and CD.
2501
2502v36.2.4
2503-------
2504
2505* #1092: ``pkg_resources`` now uses ``inspect.getmro`` to
2506  resolve classes in method resolution order.
2507
2508v36.2.3
2509-------
2510
2511* #1102: Restore behavior for empty extras.
2512
2513v36.2.2
2514-------
2515
2516* #1099: Revert commit a3ec721, restoring intended purpose of
2517  extras as part of a requirement declaration.
2518
2519v36.2.1
2520-------
2521
2522* fix #1086
2523* fix #1087
2524* support extras specifiers in install_requires requirements
2525
2526v36.2.0
2527-------
2528
2529* #1081: Environment markers indicated in ``install_requires``
2530  are now processed and treated as nameless ``extras_require``
2531  with markers, allowing their metadata in requires.txt to be
2532  correctly generated.
2533
2534* #1053: Tagged commits are now released using Travis-CI
2535  build stages, meaning releases depend on passing tests on
2536  all supported Python versions (Linux) and not just the latest
2537  Python version.
2538
2539v36.1.1
2540-------
2541
2542* #1083: Correct ``py31compat.makedirs`` to correctly honor
2543  ``exist_ok`` parameter.
2544* #1083: Also use makedirs compatibility throughout setuptools.
2545
2546v36.1.0
2547-------
2548
2549* #1083: Avoid race condition on directory creation in
2550  ``pkg_resources.ensure_directory``.
2551
2552* Removed deprecation of and restored support for
2553  ``upload_docs`` command for sites other than PyPI.
2554  Only warehouse is dropping support, but services like
2555  `devpi <http://doc.devpi.net/latest/>`_ continue to
2556  support docs built by setuptools' plugins. See
2557  `this comment <https://bitbucket.org/hpk42/devpi/issues/388/support-rtd-model-for-building-uploading#comment-34292423>`_
2558  for more context on the motivation for this change.
2559
2560v36.0.1
2561-------
2562
2563* #1042: Fix import in py27compat module that still
2564  referenced six directly, rather than through the externs
2565  module (vendored packages hook).
2566
2567v36.0.0
2568-------
2569
2570* #980 and others: Once again, Setuptools vendors all
2571  of its dependencies. It seems to be the case that in
2572  the Python ecosystem, all build tools must run without
2573  any dependencies (build, runtime, or otherwise). At
2574  such a point that a mechanism exists that allows
2575  build tools to have dependencies, Setuptools will adopt
2576  it.
2577
2578v35.0.2
2579-------
2580
2581* #1015: Fix test failures on Python 3.7.
2582
2583* #1024: Add workaround for Jython #2581 in monkey module.
2584
2585v35.0.1
2586-------
2587
2588* #992: Revert change introduced in v34.4.1, now
2589  considered invalid.
2590
2591* #1016: Revert change introduced in v35.0.0 per #1014,
2592  referencing #436. The approach had unintended
2593  consequences, causing sdist installs to be missing
2594  files.
2595
2596v35.0.0
2597-------
2598
2599* #436: In egg_info.manifest_maker, no longer read
2600  the file list from the manifest file, and instead
2601  re-build it on each build. In this way, files removed
2602  from the specification will not linger in the manifest.
2603  As a result, any files manually added to the manifest
2604  will be removed on subsequent egg_info invocations.
2605  No projects should be manually adding files to the
2606  manifest and should instead use MANIFEST.in or SCM
2607  file finders to force inclusion of files in the manifest.
2608
2609v34.4.1
2610-------
2611
2612* #1008: In MSVC support, use always the last version available for Windows SDK and UCRT SDK.
2613
2614* #1008: In MSVC support, fix "vcruntime140.dll" returned path with Visual Studio 2017.
2615
2616* #992: In msvc.msvc9_query_vcvarsall, ensure the
2617  returned dicts have str values and not Unicode for
2618  compatibility with os.environ.
2619
2620v34.4.0
2621-------
2622
2623* #995: In MSVC support, add support for "Microsoft Visual Studio 2017" and "Microsoft Visual Studio Build Tools 2017".
2624
2625* #999 via #1007: Extend support for declarative package
2626  config in a setup.cfg file to include the options
2627  ``python_requires`` and ``py_modules``.
2628
2629v34.3.3
2630-------
2631
2632* #967 (and #997): Explicitly import submodules of
2633  packaging to account for environments where the imports
2634  of those submodules is not implied by other behavior.
2635
2636v34.3.2
2637-------
2638
2639* #993: Fix documentation upload by correcting
2640  rendering of content-type in _build_multipart
2641  on Python 3.
2642
2643v34.3.1
2644-------
2645
2646* #988: Trap ``os.unlink`` same as ``os.remove`` in
2647  ``auto_chmod`` error handler.
2648
2649* #983: Fixes to invalid escape sequence deprecations on
2650  Python 3.6.
2651
2652v34.3.0
2653-------
2654
2655* #941: In the upload command, if the username is blank,
2656  default to ``getpass.getuser()``.
2657
2658* #971: Correct distutils findall monkeypatch to match
2659  appropriate versions (namely Python 3.4.6).
2660
2661v34.2.0
2662-------
2663
2664* #966: Add support for reading dist-info metadata and
2665  thus locating Distributions from zip files.
2666
2667* #968: Allow '+' and '!' in egg fragments
2668  so that it can take package names that contain
2669  PEP 440 conforming version specifiers.
2670
2671v34.1.1
2672-------
2673
2674* #953: More aggressively employ the compatibility issue
2675  originally added in #706.
2676
2677v34.1.0
2678-------
2679
2680* #930: ``build_info`` now accepts two new parameters
2681  to optimize and customize the building of C libraries.
2682
2683v34.0.3
2684-------
2685
2686* #947: Loosen restriction on the version of six required,
2687  restoring compatibility with environments relying on
2688  six 1.6.0 and later.
2689
2690v34.0.2
2691-------
2692
2693* #882: Ensure extras are honored when building the
2694  working set.
2695* #913: Fix issue in develop if package directory has
2696  a trailing slash.
2697
2698v34.0.1
2699-------
2700
2701* #935: Fix glob syntax in graft.
2702
2703v34.0.0
2704-------
2705
2706* #581: Instead of vendoring the growing list of
2707  dependencies that Setuptools requires to function,
2708  Setuptools now requires these dependencies just like
2709  any other project. Unlike other projects, however,
2710  Setuptools cannot rely on ``setup_requires`` to
2711  demand the dependencies it needs to install because
2712  its own machinery would be necessary to pull those
2713  dependencies if not present (a bootstrapping problem).
2714  As a result, Setuptools no longer supports self upgrade or
2715  installation in the general case. Instead, users are
2716  directed to use pip to install and upgrade using the
2717  ``wheel`` distributions of setuptools.
2718
2719  Users are welcome to contrive other means to install
2720  or upgrade Setuptools using other means, such as
2721  pre-installing the Setuptools dependencies with pip
2722  or a bespoke bootstrap tool, but such usage is not
2723  recommended and is not supported.
2724
2725  As discovered in #940, not all versions of pip will
2726  successfully install Setuptools from its pre-built
2727  wheel. If you encounter issues with "No module named
2728  six" or "No module named packaging", especially
2729  following a line "Running setup.py egg_info for package
2730  setuptools", then your pip is not new enough.
2731
2732  There's an additional issue in pip where setuptools
2733  is upgraded concurrently with other source packages,
2734  described in pip #4253. The proposed workaround is to
2735  always upgrade Setuptools first prior to upgrading
2736  other packages that would upgrade Setuptools.
2737
2738v33.1.1
2739-------
2740
2741* #921: Correct issue where certifi fallback not being
2742  reached on Windows.
2743
2744v33.1.0
2745-------
2746
2747Installation via pip, as indicated in the `Python Packaging
2748User's Guide <https://packaging.python.org/installing/>`_,
2749is the officially-supported mechanism for installing
2750Setuptools, and this recommendation is now explicit in the
2751much more concise README.
2752
2753Other edits and tweaks were made to the documentation. The
2754codebase is unchanged.
2755
2756v33.0.0
2757-------
2758
2759* #619: Removed support for the ``tag_svn_revision``
2760  distribution option. If Subversion tagging support is
2761  still desired, consider adding the functionality to
2762  setuptools_svn in setuptools_svn #2.
2763
2764v32.3.1
2765-------
2766
2767* #866: Use ``dis.Bytecode`` on Python 3.4 and later in
2768  ``setuptools.depends``.
2769
2770v32.3.0
2771-------
2772
2773* #889: Backport proposed fix for disabling interpolation in
2774  distutils.Distribution.parse_config_files.
2775
2776v32.2.0
2777-------
2778
2779* #884: Restore support for running the tests under
2780  `pytest-runner <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-runner>`_
2781  by ensuring that PYTHONPATH is honored in tests invoking
2782  a subprocess.
2783
2784v32.1.3
2785-------
2786
2787* #706: Add rmtree compatibility shim for environments where
2788  rmtree fails when passed a unicode string.
2789
2790v32.1.2
2791-------
2792
2793* #893: Only release sdist in zip format as warehouse now
2794  disallows releasing two different formats.
2795
2796v32.1.1
2797-------
2798
2799* #704: More selectively ensure that 'rmtree' is not invoked with
2800  a byte string, enabling it to remove files that are non-ascii,
2801  even on Python 2.
2802
2803* #712: In 'sandbox.run_setup', ensure that ``__file__`` is
2804  always a ``str``, modeling the behavior observed by the
2805  interpreter when invoking scripts and modules.
2806
2807v32.1.0
2808-------
2809
2810* #891: In 'test' command on test failure, raise DistutilsError,
2811  suppression invocation of subsequent commands.
2812
2813v32.0.0
2814-------
2815
2816* #890: Revert #849. ``global-exclude .foo`` will not match all
2817  ``*.foo`` files any more. Package authors must add an explicit
2818  wildcard, such as ``global-exclude *.foo``, to match all
2819  ``.foo`` files. See #886, #849.
2820
2821v31.0.1
2822-------
2823
2824* #885: Fix regression where 'pkg_resources._rebuild_mod_path'
2825  would fail when a namespace package's '__path__' was not
2826  a list with a sort attribute.
2827
2828v31.0.0
2829-------
2830
2831* #250: Install '-nspkg.pth' files for packages installed
2832  with 'setup.py develop'. These .pth files allow
2833  namespace packages installed by pip or develop to
2834  co-mingle. This change required the removal of the
2835  change for #805 and pip #1924, introduced in 28.3.0 and implicated
2836  in #870, but means that namespace packages not in a
2837  site packages directory will no longer work on Python
2838  earlier than 3.5, whereas before they would work on
2839  Python not earlier than 3.3.
2840
2841v30.4.0
2842-------
2843
2844* #879: For declarative config:
2845
2846  - read_configuration() now accepts ignore_option_errors argument. This allows scraping tools to read metadata without a need to download entire packages. E.g. we can gather some stats right from GitHub repos just by downloading setup.cfg.
2847
2848  - packages find: directive now supports fine tuning from a subsection. The same arguments as for find() are accepted.
2849
2850v30.3.0
2851-------
2852
2853* #394 via #862: Added support for `declarative package
2854  config in a setup.cfg file
2855  <https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#configuring-setup-using-setup-cfg-files>`_.
2856
2857v30.2.1
2858-------
2859
2860* #850: In test command, invoke unittest.main with
2861  indication not to exit the process.
2862
2863v30.2.0
2864-------
2865
2866* #854: Bump to vendored Packaging 16.8.
2867
2868v30.1.0
2869-------
2870
2871* #846: Also trap 'socket.error' when opening URLs in
2872  package_index.
2873
2874* #849: Manifest processing now matches the filename
2875  pattern anywhere in the filename and not just at the
2876  start. Restores behavior found prior to 28.5.0.
2877
2878v30.0.0
2879-------
2880
2881* #864: Drop support for Python 3.2. Systems requiring
2882  Python 3.2 support must use 'setuptools < 30'.
2883
2884* #825: Suppress warnings for single files.
2885
2886* #830 via #843: Once again restored inclusion of data
2887  files to sdists, but now trap TypeError caused by
2888  techniques employed rjsmin and similar.
2889
2890v29.0.1
2891-------
2892
2893* #861: Re-release of v29.0.1 with the executable script
2894  launchers bundled. Now, launchers are included by default
2895  and users that want to disable this behavior must set the
2896  environment variable
2897  'SETUPTOOLS_INSTALL_WINDOWS_SPECIFIC_FILES' to
2898  a false value like "false" or "0".
2899
2900v29.0.0
2901-------
2902
2903* #841: Drop special exception for packages invoking
2904  win32com during the build/install process. See
2905  Distribute #118 for history.
2906
2907v28.8.0
2908-------
2909
2910* #629: Per the discussion, refine the sorting to use version
2911  value order for more accurate detection of the latest
2912  available version when scanning for packages. See also
2913  #829.
2914
2915* #837: Rely on the config var "SO" for Python 3.3.0 only
2916  when determining the ext filename.
2917
2918v28.7.1
2919-------
2920
2921* #827: Update PyPI root for dependency links.
2922
2923* #833: Backed out changes from #830 as the implementation
2924  seems to have problems in some cases.
2925
2926v28.7.0
2927-------
2928
2929* #832: Moved much of the namespace package handling
2930  functionality into a separate module for re-use in something
2931  like #789.
2932* #830: ``sdist`` command no longer suppresses the inclusion
2933  of data files, re-aligning with the expectation of distutils
2934  and addressing #274 and #521.
2935
2936v28.6.1
2937-------
2938
2939* #816: Fix manifest file list order in tests.
2940
2941v28.6.0
2942-------
2943
2944* #629: When scanning for packages, ``pkg_resources`` now
2945  ignores empty egg-info directories and gives precedence to
2946  packages whose versions are lexicographically greatest,
2947  a rough approximation for preferring the latest available
2948  version.
2949
2950v28.5.0
2951-------
2952
2953* #810: Tests are now invoked with tox and not setup.py test.
2954* #249 and #450 via #764: Avoid scanning the whole tree
2955  when building the manifest. Also fixes a long-standing bug
2956  where patterns in ``MANIFEST.in`` had implicit wildcard
2957  matching. This caused ``global-exclude .foo`` to exclude
2958  all ``*.foo`` files, but also ``global-exclude bar.py`` to
2959  exclude ``foo_bar.py``.
2960
2961v28.4.0
2962-------
2963
2964* #732: Now extras with a hyphen are honored per PEP 426.
2965* #811: Update to pyparsing 2.1.10.
2966* Updated ``setuptools.command.sdist`` to re-use most of
2967  the functionality directly from ``distutils.command.sdist``
2968  for the ``add_defaults`` method with strategic overrides.
2969  See #750 for rationale.
2970* #760 via #762: Look for certificate bundle where SUSE
2971  Linux typically presents it. Use ``certifi.where()`` to locate
2972  the bundle.
2973
2974v28.3.0
2975-------
2976
2977* #809: In ``find_packages()``, restore support for excluding
2978  a parent package without excluding a child package.
2979
2980* #805: Disable ``-nspkg.pth`` behavior on Python 3.3+ where
2981  PEP-420 functionality is adequate. Fixes pip #1924.
2982
2983v28.1.0
2984-------
2985
2986* #803: Bump certifi to 2016.9.26.
2987
2988v28.0.0
2989-------
2990
2991* #733: Do not search excluded directories for packages.
2992  This introduced a backwards incompatible change in ``find_packages()``
2993  so that ``find_packages(exclude=['foo']) == []``, excluding subpackages of ``foo``.
2994  Previously, ``find_packages(exclude=['foo']) == ['foo.bar']``,
2995  even though the parent ``foo`` package was excluded.
2996
2997* #795: Bump certifi.
2998
2999* #719: Suppress decoding errors and instead log a warning
3000  when metadata cannot be decoded.
3001
3002v27.3.1
3003-------
3004
3005* #790: In MSVC monkeypatching, explicitly patch each
3006  function by name in the target module instead of inferring
3007  the module from the function's ``__module__``. Improves
3008  compatibility with other packages that might have previously
3009  patched distutils functions (i.e. NumPy).
3010
3011v27.3.0
3012-------
3013
3014* #794: In test command, add installed eggs to PYTHONPATH
3015  when invoking tests so that subprocesses will also have the
3016  dependencies available. Fixes `tox 330
3017  <https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/330>`_.
3018
3019* #795: Update vendored pyparsing 2.1.9.
3020
3021v27.2.0
3022-------
3023
3024* #520 and #513: Suppress ValueErrors in fixup_namespace_packages
3025  when lookup fails.
3026
3027* Nicer, more consistent interfaces for msvc monkeypatching.
3028
3029v27.1.2
3030-------
3031
3032* #779 via #781: Fix circular import.
3033
3034v27.1.1
3035-------
3036
3037* #778: Fix MSVC monkeypatching.
3038
3039v27.1.0
3040-------
3041
3042* Introduce the (private) ``monkey`` module to encapsulate
3043  the distutils monkeypatching behavior.
3044
3045v27.0.0
3046-------
3047
3048* Now use Warehouse by default for
3049  ``upload``, patching ``distutils.config.PyPIRCCommand`` to
3050  affect default behavior.
3051
3052  Any config in .pypirc should be updated to replace
3053
3054    https://pypi.python.org/pypi/
3055
3056  with
3057
3058    https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
3059
3060  Similarly, any passwords stored in the keyring should be
3061  updated to use this new value for "system".
3062
3063  The ``upload_docs`` command will continue to use the python.org
3064  site, but the command is now deprecated. Users are urged to use
3065  Read The Docs instead.
3066
3067* #776: Use EXT_SUFFIX for py_limited_api renaming.
3068
3069* #774 and #775: Use LegacyVersion from packaging when
3070  detecting numpy versions.
3071
3072v26.1.1
3073-------
3074
3075* Re-release of 26.1.0 with pytest pinned to allow for automated
3076  deployment and thus proper packaging environment variables,
3077  fixing issues with missing executable launchers.
3078
3079v26.1.0
3080-------
3081
3082* #763: ``pkg_resources.get_default_cache`` now defers to the
3083  :pypi:`appdirs` project to
3084  resolve the cache directory. Adds a vendored dependency on
3085  appdirs to pkg_resources.
3086
3087v26.0.0
3088-------
3089
3090* #748: By default, sdists are now produced in gzipped tarfile
3091  format by default on all platforms, adding forward compatibility
3092  for the same behavior in Python 3.6 (See Python #27819).
3093
3094* #459 via #736: On Windows with script launchers,
3095  sys.argv[0] now reflects
3096  the name of the entry point, consistent with the behavior in
3097  distlib and pip wrappers.
3098
3099* #752 via #753: When indicating ``py_limited_api`` to Extension,
3100  it must be passed as a keyword argument.
3101
3102v25.4.0
3103-------
3104
3105* Add Extension(py_limited_api=True). When set to a truthy value,
3106  that extension gets a filename appropriate for code using Py_LIMITED_API.
3107  When used correctly this allows a single compiled extension to work on
3108  all future versions of CPython 3.
3109  The py_limited_api argument only controls the filename. To be
3110  compatible with multiple versions of Python 3, the C extension
3111  will also need to set -DPy_LIMITED_API=... and be modified to use
3112  only the functions in the limited API.
3113
3114v25.3.0
3115-------
3116
3117* #739 Fix unquoted libpaths by fixing compatibility between ``numpy.distutils`` and ``distutils._msvccompiler`` for numpy < 1.11.2 (Fix issue #728, error also fixed in Numpy).
3118
3119* #731: Bump certifi.
3120
3121* Style updates. See #740, #741, #743, #744, #742, #747.
3122
3123* #735: include license file.
3124
3125v25.2.0
3126-------
3127
3128* #612 via #730: Add a LICENSE file which needs to be provided by the terms of
3129  the MIT license.
3130
3131v25.1.6
3132-------
3133
3134* #725: revert ``library_dir_option`` patch (Error is related to ``numpy.distutils`` and make errors on non Numpy users).
3135
3136v25.1.5
3137-------
3138
3139* #720
3140* #723: Improve patch for ``library_dir_option``.
3141
3142v25.1.4
3143-------
3144
3145* #717
3146* #713
3147* #707: Fix Python 2 compatibility for MSVC by catching errors properly.
3148* #715: Fix unquoted libpaths by patching ``library_dir_option``.
3149
3150v25.1.3
3151-------
3152
3153* #714 and #704: Revert fix as it breaks other components
3154  downstream that can't handle unicode. See #709, #710,
3155  and #712.
3156
3157v25.1.2
3158-------
3159
3160* #704: Fix errors when installing a zip sdist that contained
3161  files named with non-ascii characters on Windows would
3162  crash the install when it attempted to clean up the build.
3163* #646: MSVC compatibility - catch errors properly in
3164  RegistryInfo.lookup.
3165* #702: Prevent UnboundLocalError when initial working_set
3166  is empty.
3167
3168v25.1.1
3169-------
3170
3171* #686: Fix issue in sys.path ordering by pkg_resources when
3172  rewrite technique is "raw".
3173* #699: Fix typo in msvc support.
3174
3175v25.1.0
3176-------
3177
3178* #609: Setuptools will now try to download a distribution from
3179  the next possible download location if the first download fails.
3180  This means you can now specify multiple links as ``dependency_links``
3181  and all links will be tried until a working download link is encountered.
3182
3183v25.0.2
3184-------
3185
3186* #688: Fix AttributeError in setup.py when invoked not from
3187  the current directory.
3188
3189v25.0.1
3190-------
3191
3192* Cleanup of setup.py script.
3193
3194* Fixed documentation builders by allowing setup.py
3195  to be imported without having bootstrapped the
3196  metadata.
3197
3198* More style cleanup. See #677, #678, #679, #681, #685.
3199
3200v25.0.0
3201-------
3202
3203* #674: Default ``sys.path`` manipulation by easy-install.pth
3204  is now "raw", meaning that when writing easy-install.pth
3205  during any install operation, the ``sys.path`` will not be
3206  rewritten and will no longer give preference to easy_installed
3207  packages.
3208
3209  To retain the old behavior when using any easy_install
3210  operation (including ``setup.py install`` when setuptools is
3211  present), set the environment variable:
3212
3213    SETUPTOOLS_SYS_PATH_TECHNIQUE=rewrite
3214
3215  This project hopes that that few if any environments find it
3216  necessary to retain the old behavior, and intends to drop
3217  support for it altogether in a future release. Please report
3218  any relevant concerns in the ticket for this change.
3219
3220v24.3.1
3221-------
3222
3223* #398: Fix shebang handling on Windows in script
3224  headers where spaces in ``sys.executable`` would
3225  produce an improperly-formatted shebang header,
3226  introduced in 12.0 with the fix for #188.
3227
3228* #663, #670: More style updates.
3229
3230v24.3.0
3231-------
3232
3233* #516: Disable ``os.link`` to avoid hard linking
3234  in ``sdist.make_distribution``, avoiding errors on
3235  systems that support hard links but not on the
3236  file system in which the build is occurring.
3237
3238v24.2.1
3239-------
3240
3241* #667: Update Metadata-Version to 1.2 when
3242  ``python_requires`` is supplied.
3243
3244v24.2.0
3245-------
3246
3247* #631: Add support for ``python_requires`` keyword.
3248
3249v24.1.1
3250-------
3251
3252* More style updates. See #660, #661, #641.
3253
3254v24.1.0
3255-------
3256
3257* #659: ``setup.py`` now will fail fast and with a helpful
3258  error message when the necessary metadata is missing.
3259* More style updates. See #656, #635, #640,
3260  #644, #650, #652, and #655.
3261
3262v24.0.3
3263-------
3264
3265* Updated style in much of the codebase to match
3266  community expectations. See #632, #633, #634,
3267  #637, #639, #638, #642, #648.
3268
3269v24.0.2
3270-------
3271
3272* If MSVC++14 is needed ``setuptools.msvc`` now redirect
3273  user to Visual C++ Build Tools web page.
3274
3275v24.0.1
3276-------
3277
3278* #625 and #626: Fixes on ``setuptools.msvc`` mainly
3279  for Python 2 and Linux.
3280
3281v24.0.0
3282-------
3283
3284* Pull Request #174: Add more aggressive support for
3285  standalone Microsoft Visual C++ compilers in
3286  msvc9compiler patch.
3287  Particularly : Windows SDK 6.1 and 7.0
3288  (MSVC++ 9.0), Windows SDK 7.1 (MSVC++ 10.0),
3289  Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 (MSVC++14)
3290* Renamed ``setuptools.msvc9_support`` to
3291  ``setuptools.msvc``.
3292
3293v23.2.1
3294-------
3295
3296Re-release of v23.2.0, which was missing the intended
3297commits.
3298
3299* #623: Remove used of deprecated 'U' flag when reading
3300  manifests.
3301
3302v23.1.0
3303-------
3304
3305* #619: Deprecated ``tag_svn_revision`` distribution
3306  option.
3307
3308v23.0.0
3309-------
3310
3311* #611: Removed ARM executables for CLI and GUI script
3312  launchers on Windows. If this was a feature you cared
3313  about, please comment in the ticket.
3314* #604: Removed docs building support. The project
3315  now relies on documentation hosted at
3316  https://setuptools.pypa.io/.
3317
3318v22.0.5
3319-------
3320
3321* #604: Restore repository for upload_docs command
3322  to restore publishing of docs during release.
3323
3324v22.0.4
3325-------
3326
3327* #589: Upload releases to pypi.io using the upload
3328  hostname and legacy path.
3329
3330v22.0.3
3331-------
3332
3333* #589: Releases are now uploaded to pypi.io (Warehouse)
3334  even when releases are made on Twine via Travis.
3335
3336v22.0.2
3337-------
3338
3339* #589: Releases are now uploaded to pypi.io (Warehouse).
3340
3341v22.0.1
3342-------
3343
3344* #190: On Python 2, if unicode is passed for packages to
3345  ``build_py`` command, it will be handled just as with
3346  text on Python 3.
3347
3348v22.0.0
3349-------
3350
3351Intended to be v21.3.0, but jaraco accidentally released as
3352a major bump.
3353
3354* #598: Setuptools now lists itself first in the User-Agent
3355  for web requests, better following the guidelines in
3356  `RFC 7231
3357  <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-5.5.3>`_.
3358
3359v21.2.2
3360-------
3361
3362* Minor fixes to changelog and docs.
3363
3364v21.2.1
3365-------
3366
3367* #261: Exclude directories when resolving globs in
3368  package_data.
3369
3370v21.2.0
3371-------
3372
3373* #539: In the easy_install get_site_dirs, honor all
3374  paths found in ``site.getsitepackages``.
3375
3376v21.1.0
3377-------
3378
3379* #572: In build_ext, now always import ``_CONFIG_VARS``
3380  from ``distutils`` rather than from ``sysconfig``
3381  to allow ``distutils.sysconfig.customize_compiler``
3382  configure the OS X compiler for ``-dynamiclib``.
3383
3384v21.0.0
3385-------
3386
3387* Removed ez_setup.py from Setuptools sdist. The
3388  bootstrap script will be maintained in its own
3389  branch and should be generally be retrieved from
3390  its canonical location at
3391  https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py.
3392
3393v20.10.0
3394--------
3395
3396* #553: egg_info section is now generated in a
3397  deterministic order, matching the order generated
3398  by earlier versions of Python. Except on Python 2.6,
3399  order is preserved when existing settings are present.
3400* #556: Update to Packaging 16.7, restoring support
3401  for deprecated ``python_implmentation`` marker.
3402* #555: Upload command now prompts for a password
3403  when uploading to PyPI (or other repository) if no
3404  password is present in .pypirc or in the keyring.
3405
3406v20.9.0
3407-------
3408
3409* #548: Update certify version to 2016.2.28
3410* #545: Safely handle deletion of non-zip eggs in rotate
3411  command.
3412
3413v20.8.1
3414-------
3415
3416* Issue #544: Fix issue with extra environment marker
3417  processing in WorkingSet due to refactor in v20.7.0.
3418
3419v20.8.0
3420-------
3421
3422* Issue #543: Re-release so that latest release doesn't
3423  cause déjà vu with distribute and setuptools 0.7 in
3424  older environments.
3425
3426v20.7.0
3427-------
3428
3429* Refactored extra environment marker processing
3430  in WorkingSet.
3431* Issue #533: Fixed intermittent test failures.
3432* Issue #536: In msvc9_support, trap additional exceptions
3433  that might occur when importing
3434  ``distutils.msvc9compiler`` in mingw environments.
3435* Issue #537: Provide better context when package
3436  metadata fails to decode in UTF-8.
3437
3438v20.6.8
3439-------
3440
3441* Issue #523: Restored support for environment markers,
3442  now honoring 'extra' environment markers.
3443
3444v20.6.7
3445-------
3446
3447* Issue #523: Disabled support for environment markers
3448  introduced in v20.5.
3449
3450v20.6.6
3451-------
3452
3453* Issue #503: Restore support for PEP 345 environment
3454  markers by updating to Packaging 16.6.
3455
3456v20.6.0
3457-------
3458
3459* New release process that relies on
3460  `bumpversion <https://github.com/peritus/bumpversion>`_
3461  and Travis CI for continuous deployment.
3462* Project versioning semantics now follow
3463  `semver <https://semver.org>`_ precisely.
3464  The 'v' prefix on version numbers now also allows
3465  version numbers to be referenced in the changelog,
3466  e.g. http://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/history.html#v20-6-0.
3467
346820.5
3469----
3470
3471* BB Pull Request #185, #470: Add support for environment markers
3472  in requirements in install_requires, setup_requires,
3473  tests_require as well as adding a test for the existing
3474  extra_requires machinery.
3475
347620.4
3477----
3478
3479* Issue #422: Moved hosting to
3480  `Github <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools>`_
3481  from `Bitbucket <https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools>`_.
3482  Issues have been migrated, though all issues and comments
3483  are attributed to bb-migration. So if you have a particular
3484  issue or issues to which you've been subscribed, you will
3485  want to "watch" the equivalent issue in Github.
3486  The Bitbucket project will be retained for the indefinite
3487  future, but Github now hosts the canonical project repository.
3488
348920.3.1
3490------
3491
3492* Issue #519: Remove import hook when reloading the
3493  ``pkg_resources`` module.
3494* BB Pull Request #184: Update documentation in ``pkg_resources``
3495  around new ``Requirement`` implementation.
3496
349720.3
3498----
3499
3500* BB Pull Request #179: ``pkg_resources.Requirement`` objects are
3501  now a subclass of ``packaging.requirements.Requirement``,
3502  allowing any environment markers and url (if any) to be
3503  affiliated with the requirement
3504* BB Pull Request #179: Restore use of RequirementParseError
3505  exception unintentionally dropped in 20.2.
3506
350720.2.2
3508------
3509
3510* Issue #502: Correct regression in parsing of multiple
3511  version specifiers separated by commas and spaces.
3512
351320.2.1
3514------
3515
3516* Issue #499: Restore compatibility for legacy versions
3517  by bumping to packaging 16.4.
3518
351920.2
3520----
3521
3522* Changelog now includes release dates and links to PEPs.
3523* BB Pull Request #173: Replace dual PEP 345 _markerlib implementation
3524  and PEP 426 implementation of environment marker support from
3525  packaging 16.1 and PEP 508. Fixes Issue #122.
3526  See also BB Pull Request #175, BB Pull Request #168, and
3527  BB Pull Request #164. Additionally:
3528
3529   - ``Requirement.parse`` no longer retains the order of extras.
3530   - ``parse_requirements`` now requires that all versions be
3531     PEP-440 compliant, as revealed in #499. Packages released
3532     with invalid local versions should be re-released using
3533     the proper local version syntax, e.g. ``mypkg-1.0+myorg.1``.
3534
353520.1.1
3536------
3537
3538* Update ``upload_docs`` command to also honor keyring
3539  for password resolution.
3540
354120.1
3542----
3543
3544* Added support for using passwords from keyring in the upload
3545  command. See `the upload docs
3546  <https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#upload-upload-source-and-or-egg-distributions-to-pypi>`_
3547  for details.
3548
354920.0
3550----
3551
3552* Issue #118: Once again omit the package metadata (egg-info)
3553  from the list of outputs in ``--record``. This version of setuptools
3554  can no longer be used to upgrade pip earlier than 6.0.
3555
355619.7
3557----
3558
3559* Off-project PR: `0dcee79 <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/0dcee791dfdcfacddaaec79b29f30a347a147413>`_ and `f9bd9b9 <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/f9bd9b9f5df54ef5a0bf8d16c3a889ab8c640580>`_
3560  For FreeBSD, also `honor root certificates from ca_root_nss <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/3ae46c30225eb46e1f5aada1a19e88b79f04dc72>`_.
3561
356219.6.2
3563------
3564
3565* Issue #491: Correct regression incurred in 19.4 where
3566  a double-namespace package installed using pip would
3567  cause a TypeError.
3568
356919.6.1
3570------
3571
3572* Restore compatibility for PyPy 3 compatibility lost in
3573  19.4.1 addressing Issue #487.
3574* ``setuptools.launch`` shim now loads scripts in a new
3575  namespace, avoiding getting relative imports from
3576  the setuptools package on Python 2.
3577
357819.6
3579----
3580
3581* Added a new entry script ``setuptools.launch``,
3582  implementing the shim found in
3583  ``pip.util.setuptools_build``. Use this command to launch
3584  distutils-only packages under setuptools in the same way that
3585  pip does, causing the setuptools monkeypatching of distutils
3586  to be invoked prior to invoking a script. Useful for debugging
3587  or otherwise installing a distutils-only package under
3588  setuptools when pip isn't available or otherwise does not
3589  expose the desired functionality. For example::
3590
3591    $ python -m setuptools.launch setup.py develop
3592
3593* Issue #488: Fix dual manifestation of Extension class in
3594  extension packages installed as dependencies when Cython
3595  is present.
3596
359719.5
3598----
3599
3600* Issue #486: Correct TypeError when getfilesystemencoding
3601  returns None.
3602* Issue #139: Clarified the license as MIT.
3603* BB Pull Request #169: Removed special handling of command
3604  spec in scripts for Jython.
3605
360619.4.1
3607------
3608
3609* Issue #487: Use direct invocation of ``importlib.machinery``
3610  in ``pkg_resources`` to avoid missing detection on relevant
3611  platforms.
3612
361319.4
3614----
3615
3616* Issue #341: Correct error in path handling of package data
3617  files in ``build_py`` command when package is empty.
3618* Distribute #323, Issue #141, Issue #207, and
3619  BB Pull Request #167: Another implementation of
3620  ``pkg_resources.WorkingSet`` and ``pkg_resources.Distribution``
3621  that supports replacing an extant package with a new one,
3622  allowing for setup_requires dependencies to supersede installed
3623  packages for the session.
3624
362519.3
3626----
3627
3628* Issue #229: Implement new technique for readily incorporating
3629  dependencies conditionally from vendored copies or primary
3630  locations. Adds a new dependency on six.
3631
363219.2
3633----
3634
3635* BB Pull Request #163: Add get_command_list method to Distribution.
3636* BB Pull Request #162: Add missing whitespace to multiline string
3637  literals.
3638
363919.1.1
3640------
3641
3642* Issue #476: Cast version to string (using default encoding)
3643  to avoid creating Unicode types on Python 2 clients.
3644* Issue #477: In Powershell downloader, use explicit rendering
3645  of strings, rather than rely on ``repr``, which can be
3646  incorrect (especially on Python 2).
3647
364819.1
3649----
3650
3651* Issue #215: The bootstrap script ``ez_setup.py`` now
3652  automatically detects
3653  the latest version of setuptools (using PyPI JSON API) rather
3654  than hard-coding a particular value.
3655* Issue #475: Fix incorrect usage in _translate_metadata2.
3656
365719.0
3658----
3659
3660* Issue #442: Use RawConfigParser for parsing .pypirc file.
3661  Interpolated values are no longer honored in .pypirc files.
3662
366318.8.1
3664------
3665
3666* Issue #440: Prevent infinite recursion when a SandboxViolation
3667  or other UnpickleableException occurs in a sandbox context
3668  with setuptools hidden. Fixes regression introduced in Setuptools
3669  12.0.
3670
367118.8
3672----
3673
3674* Deprecated ``egg_info.get_pkg_info_revision``.
3675* Issue #471: Don't rely on repr for an HTML attribute value in
3676  package_index.
3677* Issue #419: Avoid errors in FileMetadata when the metadata directory
3678  is broken.
3679* Issue #472: Remove deprecated use of 'U' in mode parameter
3680  when opening files.
3681
368218.7.1
3683------
3684
3685* Issue #469: Refactored logic for Issue #419 fix to re-use metadata
3686  loading from Provider.
3687
368818.7
3689----
3690
3691* Update dependency on certify.
3692* BB Pull Request #160: Improve detection of gui script in
3693  ``easy_install._adjust_header``.
3694* Made ``test.test_args`` a non-data property; alternate fix
3695  for the issue reported in BB Pull Request #155.
3696* Issue #453: In ``ez_setup`` bootstrap module, unload all
3697  ``pkg_resources`` modules following download.
3698* BB Pull Request #158: Honor PEP-488 when excluding
3699  files for namespace packages.
3700* Issue #419 and BB Pull Request #144: Add experimental support for
3701  reading the version info from distutils-installed metadata rather
3702  than using the version in the filename.
3703
370418.6.1
3705------
3706
3707* Issue #464: Correct regression in invocation of superclass on old-style
3708  class on Python 2.
3709
371018.6
3711----
3712
3713* Issue #439: When installing entry_point scripts under development,
3714  omit the version number of the package, allowing any version of the
3715  package to be used.
3716
371718.5
3718----
3719
3720* In preparation for dropping support for Python 3.2, a warning is
3721  now logged when pkg_resources is imported on Python 3.2 or earlier
3722  Python 3 versions.
3723* `Add support for python_platform_implementation environment marker
3724  <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/94416707fd59a65f4a8f7f70541d6b3fc018b626>`_.
3725* `Fix dictionary mutation during iteration
3726  <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/57ebfa41e0f96b97e599ecd931b7ae8a143e096e>`_.
3727
372818.4
3729----
3730
3731* Issue #446: Test command now always invokes unittest, even
3732  if no test suite is supplied.
3733
373418.3.2
3735------
3736
3737* Correct another regression in setuptools.findall
3738  where the fix for Python #12885 was lost.
3739
374018.3.1
3741------
3742
3743* Issue #425: Correct regression in setuptools.findall.
3744
374518.3
3746----
3747
3748* BB Pull Request #135: Setuptools now allows disabling of
3749  the manipulation of the sys.path
3750  during the processing of the easy-install.pth file. To do so, set
3751  the environment variable ``SETUPTOOLS_SYS_PATH_TECHNIQUE`` to
3752  anything but "rewrite" (consider "raw"). During any install operation
3753  with manipulation disabled, setuptools packages will be appended to
3754  sys.path naturally.
3755
3756  Future versions may change the default behavior to disable
3757  manipulation. If so, the default behavior can be retained by setting
3758  the variable to "rewrite".
3759
3760* Issue #257: ``easy_install --version`` now shows more detail
3761  about the installation location and Python version.
3762
3763* Refactor setuptools.findall in preparation for re-submission
3764  back to distutils.
3765
376618.2
3767----
3768
3769* Issue #412: More efficient directory search in ``find_packages``.
3770
377118.1
3772----
3773
3774* Upgrade to vendored packaging 15.3.
3775
377618.0.1
3777------
3778
3779* Issue #401: Fix failure in test suite.
3780
378118.0
3782----
3783
3784* Dropped support for builds with Pyrex. Only Cython is supported.
3785* Issue #288: Detect Cython later in the build process, after
3786  ``setup_requires`` dependencies are resolved.
3787  Projects backed by Cython can now be readily built
3788  with a ``setup_requires`` dependency. For example::
3789
3790    ext = setuptools.Extension('mylib', ['src/CythonStuff.pyx', 'src/CStuff.c'])
3791    setuptools.setup(
3792        ...
3793        ext_modules=[ext],
3794        setup_requires=['cython'],
3795    )
3796
3797  For compatibility with older versions of setuptools, packagers should
3798  still include ``src/CythonMod.c`` in the source distributions or
3799  require that Cython be present before building source distributions.
3800  However, for systems with this build of setuptools, Cython will be
3801  downloaded on demand.
3802* Issue #396: Fixed test failure on OS X.
3803* BB Pull Request #136: Remove excessive quoting from shebang headers
3804  for Jython.
3805
380617.1.1
3807------
3808
3809* Backed out unintended changes to pkg_resources, restoring removal of
3810  deprecated imp module (`ref
3811  <https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/commits/f572ec9563d647fa8d4ffc534f2af8070ea07a8b#comment-1881283>`_).
3812
381317.1
3814----
3815
3816* Issue #380: Add support for range operators on environment
3817  marker evaluation.
3818
381917.0
3820----
3821
3822* Issue #378: Do not use internal importlib._bootstrap module.
3823* Issue #390: Disallow console scripts with path separators in
3824  the name. Removes unintended functionality and brings behavior
3825  into parity with pip.
3826
382716.0
3828----
3829
3830* BB Pull Request #130: Better error messages for errors in
3831  parsed requirements.
3832* BB Pull Request #133: Removed ``setuptools.tests`` from the
3833  installed packages.
3834* BB Pull Request #129: Address deprecation warning due to usage
3835  of imp module.
3836
383715.2
3838----
3839
3840* Issue #373: Provisionally expose
3841  ``pkg_resources._initialize_master_working_set``, allowing for
3842  imperative re-initialization of the master working set.
3843
384415.1
3845----
3846
3847* Updated to Packaging 15.1 to address Packaging #28.
3848* Fix ``setuptools.sandbox._execfile()`` with Python 3.1.
3849
385015.0
3851----
3852
3853* BB Pull Request #126: DistributionNotFound message now lists the package or
3854  packages that required it. E.g.::
3855
3856      pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'colorama>=0.3.1' distribution was not found and is required by smlib.log.
3857
3858  Note that zc.buildout once dependended on the string rendering of this
3859  message to determine the package that was not found. This expectation
3860  has since been changed, but older versions of buildout may experience
3861  problems. See Buildout #242 for details.
3862
386314.3.1
3864------
3865
3866* Issue #307: Removed PEP-440 warning during parsing of versions
3867  in ``pkg_resources.Distribution``.
3868* Issue #364: Replace deprecated usage with recommended usage of
3869  ``EntryPoint.load``.
3870
387114.3
3872----
3873
3874* Issue #254: When creating temporary egg cache on Unix, use mode 755
3875  for creating the directory to avoid the subsequent warning if
3876  the directory is group writable.
3877
387814.2
3879----
3880
3881* Issue #137: Update ``Distribution.hashcmp`` so that Distributions with
3882  None for pyversion or platform can be compared against Distributions
3883  defining those attributes.
3884
388514.1.1
3886------
3887
3888* Issue #360: Removed undesirable behavior from test runs, preventing
3889  write tests and installation to system site packages.
3890
389114.1
3892----
3893
3894* BB Pull Request #125: Add ``__ne__`` to Requirement class.
3895* Various refactoring of easy_install.
3896
389714.0
3898----
3899
3900* Bootstrap script now accepts ``--to-dir`` to customize save directory or
3901  allow for re-use of existing repository of setuptools versions. See
3902  BB Pull Request #112 for background.
3903* Issue #285: ``easy_install`` no longer will default to installing
3904  packages to the "user site packages" directory if it is itself installed
3905  there. Instead, the user must pass ``--user`` in all cases to install
3906  packages to the user site packages.
3907  This behavior now matches that of "pip install". To configure
3908  an environment to always install to the user site packages, consider
3909  using the "install-dir" and "scripts-dir" parameters to easy_install
3910  through an appropriate distutils config file.
3911
391213.0.2
3913------
3914
3915* Issue #359: Include pytest.ini in the sdist so invocation of py.test on the
3916  sdist honors the pytest configuration.
3917
391813.0.1
3919------
3920
3921Re-release of 13.0. Intermittent connectivity issues caused the release
3922process to fail and PyPI uploads no longer accept files for 13.0.
3923
392413.0
3925----
3926
3927* Issue #356: Back out BB Pull Request #119 as it requires Setuptools 10 or later
3928  as the source during an upgrade.
3929* Removed build_py class from setup.py. According to 892f439d216e, this
3930  functionality was added to support upgrades from old Distribute versions,
3931  0.6.5 and 0.6.6.
3932
393312.4
3934----
3935
3936* BB Pull Request #119: Restore writing of ``setup_requires`` to metadata
3937  (previously added in 8.4 and removed in 9.0).
3938
393912.3
3940----
3941
3942* Documentation is now linked using the rst.linker package.
3943* Fix ``setuptools.command.easy_install.extract_wininst_cfg()``
3944  with Python 2.6 and 2.7.
3945* Issue #354. Added documentation on building setuptools
3946  documentation.
3947
394812.2
3949----
3950
3951* Issue #345: Unload all modules under pkg_resources during
3952  ``ez_setup.use_setuptools()``.
3953* Issue #336: Removed deprecation from ``ez_setup.use_setuptools``,
3954  as it is clearly still used by buildout's bootstrap. ``ez_setup``
3955  remains deprecated for use by individual packages.
3956* Simplified implementation of ``ez_setup.use_setuptools``.
3957
395812.1
3959----
3960
3961* BB Pull Request #118: Soften warning for non-normalized versions in
3962  Distribution.
3963
396412.0.5
3965------
3966
3967* Issue #339: Correct Attribute reference in ``cant_write_to_target``.
3968* Issue #336: Deprecated ``ez_setup.use_setuptools``.
3969
397012.0.4
3971------
3972
3973* Issue #335: Fix script header generation on Windows.
3974
397512.0.3
3976------
3977
3978* Fixed incorrect class attribute in ``install_scripts``. Tests would be nice.
3979
398012.0.2
3981------
3982
3983* Issue #331: Fixed ``install_scripts`` command on Windows systems corrupting
3984  the header.
3985
398612.0.1
3987------
3988
3989* Restore ``setuptools.command.easy_install.sys_executable`` for pbr
3990  compatibility. For the future, tools should construct a CommandSpec
3991  explicitly.
3992
399312.0
3994----
3995
3996* Issue #188: Setuptools now support multiple entities in the value for
3997  ``build.executable``, such that an executable of "/usr/bin/env my-python" may
3998  be specified. This means that systems with a specified executable whose name
3999  has spaces in the path must be updated to escape or quote that value.
4000* Deprecated ``easy_install.ScriptWriter.get_writer``, replaced by ``.best()``
4001  with slightly different semantics (no force_windows flag).
4002
400311.3.1
4004------
4005
4006* Issue #327: Formalize and restore support for any printable character in an
4007  entry point name.
4008
400911.3
4010----
4011
4012* Expose ``EntryPoint.resolve`` in place of EntryPoint._load, implementing the
4013  simple, non-requiring load. Deprecated all uses of ``EntryPoint._load``
4014  except for calling with no parameters, which is just a shortcut for
4015  ``ep.require(); ep.resolve();``.
4016
4017  Apps currently invoking ``ep.load(require=False)`` should instead do the
4018  following if wanting to avoid the deprecating warning::
4019
4020    getattr(ep, "resolve", lambda: ep.load(require=False))()
4021
402211.2
4023----
4024
4025* Pip #2326: Report deprecation warning at stacklevel 2 for easier diagnosis.
4026
402711.1
4028----
4029
4030* Issue #281: Since Setuptools 6.1 (Issue #268), a ValueError would be raised
4031  in certain cases where VersionConflict was raised with two arguments, which
4032  occurred in ``pkg_resources.WorkingSet.find``. This release adds support
4033  for indicating the dependent packages while maintaining support for
4034  a VersionConflict when no dependent package context is known. New unit tests
4035  now capture the expected interface.
4036
403711.0
4038----
4039
4040* Interop #3: Upgrade to Packaging 15.0; updates to PEP 440 so that >1.7 does
4041  not exclude 1.7.1 but does exclude 1.7.0 and 1.7.0.post1.
4042
404310.2.1
4044------
4045
4046* Issue #323: Fix regression in entry point name parsing.
4047
404810.2
4049----
4050
4051* Deprecated use of EntryPoint.load(require=False). Passing a boolean to a
4052  function to select behavior is an anti-pattern. Instead use
4053  ``Entrypoint._load()``.
4054* Substantial refactoring of all unit tests. Tests are now much leaner and
4055  re-use a lot of fixtures and contexts for better clarity of purpose.
4056
405710.1
4058----
4059
4060* Issue #320: Added a compatibility implementation of
4061  ``sdist._default_revctrl``
4062  so that systems relying on that interface do not fail (namely, Ubuntu 12.04
4063  and similar Debian releases).
4064
406510.0.1
4066------
4067
4068* Issue #319: Fixed issue installing pure distutils packages.
4069
407010.0
4071----
4072
4073* Issue #313: Removed built-in support for subversion. Projects wishing to
4074  retain support for subversion will need to use a third party library. The
4075  extant implementation is being ported to :pypi:`setuptools_svn`.
4076* Issue #315: Updated setuptools to hide its own loaded modules during
4077  installation of another package. This change will enable setuptools to
4078  upgrade (or downgrade) itself even when its own metadata and implementation
4079  change.
4080
40819.1
4082---
4083
4084* Prefer vendored packaging library `as recommended
4085  <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/170657b68f4b92e7e1bf82f5e19a831f5744af67>`_.
4086
40879.0.1
4088-----
4089
4090* Issue #312: Restored presence of pkg_resources API tests (doctest) to sdist.
4091
40929.0
4093---
4094
4095* Issue #314: Disabled support for ``setup_requires`` metadata to avoid issue
4096  where Setuptools was unable to upgrade over earlier versions.
4097
40988.4
4099---
4100
4101* BB Pull Request #106: Now write ``setup_requires`` metadata.
4102
41038.3
4104---
4105
4106* Issue #311: Decoupled pkg_resources from setuptools once again.
4107  ``pkg_resources`` is now a package instead of a module.
4108
41098.2.1
4110-----
4111
4112* Issue #306: Suppress warnings about Version format except in select scenarios
4113  (such as installation).
4114
41158.2
4116---
4117
4118* BB Pull Request #85: Search egg-base when adding egg-info to manifest.
4119
41208.1
4121---
4122
4123* Upgrade ``packaging`` to 14.5, giving preference to "rc" as designator for
4124  release candidates over "c".
4125* PEP-440 warnings are now raised as their own class,
4126  ``pkg_resources.PEP440Warning``, instead of RuntimeWarning.
4127* Disabled warnings on empty versions.
4128
41298.0.4
4130-----
4131
4132* Upgrade ``packaging`` to 14.4, fixing an error where there is a
4133  different result for if 2.0.5 is contained within >2.0dev and >2.0.dev even
4134  though normalization rules should have made them equal.
4135* Issue #296: Add warning when a version is parsed as legacy. This warning will
4136  make it easier for developers to recognize deprecated version numbers.
4137
41388.0.3
4139-----
4140
4141* Issue #296: Restored support for ``__hash__`` on parse_version results.
4142
41438.0.2
4144-----
4145
4146* Issue #296: Restored support for ``__getitem__`` and sort operations on
4147  parse_version result.
4148
41498.0.1
4150-----
4151
4152* Issue #296: Restore support for iteration over parse_version result, but
4153  deprecated that usage with a warning. Fixes failure with buildout.
4154
41558.0
4156---
4157
4158* Implement PEP 440 within
4159  pkg_resources and setuptools. This change
4160  deprecates some version numbers such that they will no longer be installable
4161  without using the ``===`` escape hatch. See `the changes to test_resources
4162  <https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/commits/dcd552da643c4448056de84c73d56da6d70769d5#chg-setuptools/tests/test_resources.py>`_
4163  for specific examples of version numbers and specifiers that are no longer
4164  supported. Setuptools now "vendors" the `packaging
4165  <https://github.com/pypa/packaging>`_ library.
4166
41677.0
4168---
4169
4170* Issue #80, Issue #209: Eggs that are downloaded for ``setup_requires``,
4171  ``test_requires``, etc. are now placed in a ``./.eggs`` directory instead of
4172  directly in the current directory. This choice of location means the files
4173  can be readily managed (removed, ignored). Additionally,
4174  later phases or invocations of setuptools will not detect the package as
4175  already installed and ignore it for permanent install (See #209).
4176
4177  This change is indicated as backward-incompatible as installations that
4178  depend on the installation in the current directory will need to account for
4179  the new location. Systems that ignore ``*.egg`` will probably need to be
4180  adapted to ignore ``.eggs``. The files will need to be manually moved or
4181  will be retrieved again. Most use cases will require no attention.
4182
41836.1
4184---
4185
4186* Issue #268: When resolving package versions, a VersionConflict now reports
4187  which package previously required the conflicting version.
4188
41896.0.2
4190-----
4191
4192* Issue #262: Fixed regression in pip install due to egg-info directories
4193  being omitted. Re-opens Issue #118.
4194
41956.0.1
4196-----
4197
4198* Issue #259: Fixed regression with namespace package handling on ``single
4199  version, externally managed`` installs.
4200
42016.0
4202---
4203
4204* Issue #100: When building a distribution, Setuptools will no longer match
4205  default files using platform-dependent case sensitivity, but rather will
4206  only match the files if their case matches exactly. As a result, on Windows
4207  and other case-insensitive file systems, files with names such as
4208  'readme.txt' or 'README.TXT' will be omitted from the distribution and a
4209  warning will be issued indicating that 'README.txt' was not found. Other
4210  filenames affected are:
4211
4212    - README.rst
4213    - README
4214    - setup.cfg
4215    - setup.py (or the script name)
4216    - test/test*.py
4217
4218  Any users producing distributions with filenames that match those above
4219  case-insensitively, but not case-sensitively, should rename those files in
4220  their repository for better portability.
4221* BB Pull Request #72: When using ``single_version_externally_managed``, the
4222  exclusion list now includes Python 3.2 ``__pycache__`` entries.
4223* BB Pull Request #76 and BB Pull Request #78: lines in top_level.txt are now
4224  ordered deterministically.
4225* Issue #118: The egg-info directory is now no longer included in the list
4226  of outputs.
4227* Issue #258: Setuptools now patches distutils msvc9compiler to
4228  recognize the specially-packaged compiler package for easy extension module
4229  support on Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2.
4230
42315.8
4232---
4233
4234* Issue #237: ``pkg_resources`` now uses explicit detection of Python 2 vs.
4235  Python 3, supporting environments where builtins have been patched to make
4236  Python 3 look more like Python 2.
4237
42385.7
4239---
4240
4241* Issue #240: Based on real-world performance measures against 5.4, zip
4242  manifests are now cached in all circumstances. The
4243  ``PKG_RESOURCES_CACHE_ZIP_MANIFESTS`` environment variable is no longer
4244  relevant. The observed "memory increase" referenced in the 5.4 release
4245  notes and detailed in Issue #154 was likely not an increase over the status
4246  quo, but rather only an increase over not storing the zip info at all.
4247
42485.6
4249---
4250
4251* Issue #242: Use absolute imports in svn_utils to avoid issues if the
4252  installing package adds an xml module to the path.
4253
42545.5.1
4255-----
4256
4257* Issue #239: Fix typo in 5.5 such that fix did not take.
4258
42595.5
4260---
4261
4262* Issue #239: Setuptools now includes the setup_requires directive on
4263  Distribution objects and validates the syntax just like install_requires
4264  and tests_require directives.
4265
42665.4.2
4267-----
4268
4269* Issue #236: Corrected regression in execfile implementation for Python 2.6.
4270
42715.4.1
4272-----
4273
4274* Python #7776: (ssl_support) Correct usage of host for validation when
4275  tunneling for HTTPS.
4276
42775.4
4278---
4279
4280* Issue #154: ``pkg_resources`` will now cache the zip manifests rather than
4281  re-processing the same file from disk multiple times, but only if the
4282  environment variable ``PKG_RESOURCES_CACHE_ZIP_MANIFESTS`` is set. Clients
4283  that package many modules in the same zip file will see some improvement
4284  in startup time by enabling this feature. This feature is not enabled by
4285  default because it causes a substantial increase in memory usage.
4286
42875.3
4288---
4289
4290* Issue #185: Make svn tagging work on the new style SVN metadata.
4291  Thanks cazabon!
4292* Prune revision control directories (e.g .svn) from base path
4293  as well as sub-directories.
4294
42955.2
4296---
4297
4298* Added a `Developer Guide
4299  <https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/developer-guide.html>`_ to the official
4300  documentation.
4301* Some code refactoring and cleanup was done with no intended behavioral
4302  changes.
4303* During install_egg_info, the generated lines for namespace package .pth
4304  files are now processed even during a dry run.
4305
43065.1
4307---
4308
4309* Issue #202: Implemented more robust cache invalidation for the ZipImporter,
4310  building on the work in Issue #168. Special thanks to Jurko Gospodnetic and
4311  PJE.
4312
43135.0.2
4314-----
4315
4316* Issue #220: Restored script templates.
4317
43185.0.1
4319-----
4320
4321* Renamed script templates to end with .tmpl now that they no longer need
4322  to be processed by 2to3. Fixes spurious syntax errors during build/install.
4323
43245.0
4325---
4326
4327* Issue #218: Re-release of 3.8.1 to signal that it supersedes 4.x.
4328* Incidentally, script templates were updated not to include the triple-quote
4329  escaping.
4330
43313.7.1 and 3.8.1 and 4.0.1
4332-------------------------
4333
4334* Issue #213: Use legacy StringIO behavior for compatibility under pbr.
4335* Issue #218: Setuptools 3.8.1 superseded 4.0.1, and 4.x was removed
4336  from the available versions to install.
4337
43384.0
4339---
4340
4341* Issue #210: ``setup.py develop`` now copies scripts in binary mode rather
4342  than text mode, matching the behavior of the ``install`` command.
4343
43443.8
4345---
4346
4347* Extend Issue #197 workaround to include all Python 3 versions prior to
4348  3.2.2.
4349
43503.7
4351---
4352
4353* Issue #193: Improved handling of Unicode filenames when building manifests.
4354
43553.6
4356---
4357
4358* Issue #203: Honor proxy settings for Powershell downloader in the bootstrap
4359  routine.
4360
43613.5.2
4362-----
4363
4364* Issue #168: More robust handling of replaced zip files and stale caches.
4365  Fixes ZipImportError complaining about a 'bad local header'.
4366
43673.5.1
4368-----
4369
4370* Issue #199: Restored ``install._install`` for compatibility with earlier
4371  NumPy versions.
4372
43733.5
4374---
4375
4376* Issue #195: Follow symbolic links in find_packages (restoring behavior
4377  broken in 3.4).
4378* Issue #197: On Python 3.1, PKG-INFO is now saved in a UTF-8 encoding instead
4379  of ``sys.getpreferredencoding`` to match the behavior on Python 2.6-3.4.
4380* Issue #192: Preferred bootstrap location is now
4381  https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py (mirrored from former location).
4382
43833.4.4
4384-----
4385
4386* Issue #184: Correct failure where find_package over-matched packages
4387  when directory traversal isn't short-circuited.
4388
43893.4.3
4390-----
4391
4392* Issue #183: Really fix test command with Python 3.1.
4393
43943.4.2
4395-----
4396
4397* Issue #183: Fix additional regression in test command on Python 3.1.
4398
43993.4.1
4400-----
4401
4402* Issue #180: Fix regression in test command not caught by py.test-run tests.
4403
44043.4
4405---
4406
4407* Issue #176: Add parameter to the test command to support a custom test
4408  runner: --test-runner or -r.
4409* Issue #177: Now assume most common invocation to install command on
4410  platforms/environments without stack support (issuing a warning). Setuptools
4411  now installs naturally on IronPython. Behavior on CPython should be
4412  unchanged.
4413
44143.3
4415---
4416
4417* Add ``include`` parameter to ``setuptools.find_packages()``.
4418
44193.2
4420---
4421
4422* BB Pull Request #39: Add support for C++ targets from Cython ``.pyx`` files.
4423* Issue #162: Update dependency on certifi to 1.0.1.
4424* Issue #164: Update dependency on wincertstore to 0.2.
4425
44263.1
4427---
4428
4429* Issue #161: Restore Features functionality to allow backward compatibility
4430  (for Features) until the uses of that functionality is sufficiently removed.
4431
44323.0.2
4433-----
4434
4435* Correct typo in previous bugfix.
4436
44373.0.1
4438-----
4439
4440* Issue #157: Restore support for Python 2.6 in bootstrap script where
4441  ``zipfile.ZipFile`` does not yet have support for context managers.
4442
44433.0
4444---
4445
4446* Issue #125: Prevent Subversion support from creating a ~/.subversion
4447  directory just for checking the presence of a Subversion repository.
4448* Issue #12: Namespace packages are now imported lazily. That is, the mere
4449  declaration of a namespace package in an egg on ``sys.path`` no longer
4450  causes it to be imported when ``pkg_resources`` is imported. Note that this
4451  change means that all of a namespace package's ``__init__.py`` files must
4452  include a ``declare_namespace()`` call in order to ensure that they will be
4453  handled properly at runtime. In 2.x it was possible to get away without
4454  including the declaration, but only at the cost of forcing namespace
4455  packages to be imported early, which 3.0 no longer does.
4456* Issue #148: When building (bdist_egg), setuptools no longer adds
4457  ``__init__.py`` files to namespace packages. Any packages that rely on this
4458  behavior will need to create ``__init__.py`` files and include the
4459  ``declare_namespace()``.
4460* Issue #7: Setuptools itself is now distributed as a zip archive in addition to
4461  tar archive. ez_setup.py now uses zip archive. This approach avoids the potential
4462  security vulnerabilities presented by use of tar archives in ez_setup.py.
4463  It also leverages the security features added to ZipFile.extract in Python 2.7.4.
4464* Issue #65: Removed deprecated Features functionality.
4465* BB Pull Request #28: Remove backport of ``_bytecode_filenames`` which is
4466  available in Python 2.6 and later, but also has better compatibility with
4467  Python 3 environments.
4468* Issue #156: Fix spelling of __PYVENV_LAUNCHER__ variable.
4469
44702.2
4471---
4472
4473* Issue #141: Restored fix for allowing setup_requires dependencies to
4474  override installed dependencies during setup.
4475* Issue #128: Fixed issue where only the first dependency link was honored
4476  in a distribution where multiple dependency links were supplied.
4477
44782.1.2
4479-----
4480
4481* Issue #144: Read long_description using codecs module to avoid errors
4482  installing on systems where LANG=C.
4483
44842.1.1
4485-----
4486
4487* Issue #139: Fix regression in re_finder for CVS repos (and maybe Git repos
4488  as well).
4489
44902.1
4491---
4492
4493* Issue #129: Suppress inspection of ``*.whl`` files when searching for files
4494  in a zip-imported file.
4495* Issue #131: Fix RuntimeError when constructing an egg fetcher.
4496
44972.0.2
4498-----
4499
4500* Fix NameError during installation with Python implementations (e.g. Jython)
4501  not containing parser module.
4502* Fix NameError in ``sdist:re_finder``.
4503
45042.0.1
4505-----
4506
4507* Issue #124: Fixed error in list detection in upload_docs.
4508
45092.0
4510---
4511
4512* Issue #121: Exempt lib2to3 pickled grammars from DirectorySandbox.
4513* Issue #41: Dropped support for Python 2.4 and Python 2.5. Clients requiring
4514  setuptools for those versions of Python should use setuptools 1.x.
4515* Removed ``setuptools.command.easy_install.HAS_USER_SITE``. Clients
4516  expecting this boolean variable should use ``site.ENABLE_USER_SITE``
4517  instead.
4518* Removed ``pkg_resources.ImpWrapper``. Clients that expected this class
4519  should use ``pkgutil.ImpImporter`` instead.
4520
45211.4.2
4522-----
4523
4524* Issue #116: Correct TypeError when reading a local package index on Python
4525  3.
4526
45271.4.1
4528-----
4529
4530* Issue #114: Use ``sys.getfilesystemencoding`` for decoding config in
4531  ``bdist_wininst`` distributions.
4532
4533* Issue #105 and Issue #113: Establish a more robust technique for
4534  determining the terminal encoding::
4535
4536    1. Try ``getpreferredencoding``
4537    2. If that returns US_ASCII or None, try the encoding from
4538       ``getdefaultlocale``. If that encoding was a "fallback" because Python
4539       could not figure it out from the environment or OS, encoding remains
4540       unresolved.
4541    3. If the encoding is resolved, then make sure Python actually implements
4542       the encoding.
4543    4. On the event of an error or unknown codec, revert to fallbacks
4544       (UTF-8 on Darwin, ASCII on everything else).
4545    5. On the encoding is 'mac-roman' on Darwin, use UTF-8 as 'mac-roman' was
4546       a bug on older Python releases.
4547
4548    On a side note, it would seem that the encoding only matters for when SVN
4549    does not yet support ``--xml`` and when getting repository and svn version
4550    numbers. The ``--xml`` technique should yield UTF-8 according to some
4551    messages on the SVN mailing lists. So if the version numbers are always
4552    7-bit ASCII clean, it may be best to only support the file parsing methods
4553    for legacy SVN releases and support for SVN without the subprocess command
4554    would simple go away as support for the older SVNs does.
4555
45561.4
4557---
4558
4559* Issue #27: ``easy_install`` will now use credentials from .pypirc if
4560  present for connecting to the package index.
4561* BB Pull Request #21: Omit unwanted newlines in ``package_index._encode_auth``
4562  when the username/password pair length indicates wrapping.
4563
45641.3.2
4565-----
4566
4567* Issue #99: Fix filename encoding issues in SVN support.
4568
45691.3.1
4570-----
4571
4572* Remove exuberant warning in SVN support when SVN is not used.
4573
45741.3
4575---
4576
4577* Address security vulnerability in SSL match_hostname check as reported in
4578  Python #17997.
4579* Prefer :pypi:`backports.ssl_match_hostname` for backport
4580  implementation if present.
4581* Correct NameError in ``ssl_support`` module (``socket.error``).
4582
45831.2
4584---
4585
4586* Issue #26: Add support for SVN 1.7. Special thanks to Philip Thiem for the
4587  contribution.
4588* Issue #93: Wheels are now distributed with every release. Note that as
4589  reported in Issue #108, as of Pip 1.4, scripts aren't installed properly
4590  from wheels. Therefore, if using Pip to install setuptools from a wheel,
4591  the ``easy_install`` command will not be available.
4592* Setuptools "natural" launcher support, introduced in 1.0, is now officially
4593  supported.
4594
45951.1.7
4596-----
4597
4598* Fixed behavior of NameError handling in 'script template (dev).py' (script
4599  launcher for 'develop' installs).
4600* ``ez_setup.py`` now ensures partial downloads are cleaned up following
4601  a failed download.
4602* Distribute #363 and Issue #55: Skip an sdist test that fails on locales
4603  other than UTF-8.
4604
46051.1.6
4606-----
4607
4608* Distribute #349: ``sandbox.execfile`` now opens the target file in binary
4609  mode, thus honoring a BOM in the file when compiled.
4610
46111.1.5
4612-----
4613
4614* Issue #69: Second attempt at fix (logic was reversed).
4615
46161.1.4
4617-----
4618
4619* Issue #77: Fix error in upload command (Python 2.4).
4620
46211.1.3
4622-----
4623
4624* Fix NameError in previous patch.
4625
46261.1.2
4627-----
4628
4629* Issue #69: Correct issue where 404 errors are returned for URLs with
4630  fragments in them (such as #egg=).
4631
46321.1.1
4633-----
4634
4635* Issue #75: Add ``--insecure`` option to ez_setup.py to accommodate
4636  environments where a trusted SSL connection cannot be validated.
4637* Issue #76: Fix AttributeError in upload command with Python 2.4.
4638
46391.1
4640---
4641
4642* Issue #71 (Distribute #333): EasyInstall now puts less emphasis on the
4643  condition when a host is blocked via ``--allow-hosts``.
4644* Issue #72: Restored Python 2.4 compatibility in ``ez_setup.py``.
4645
46461.0
4647---
4648
4649* Issue #60: On Windows, Setuptools supports deferring to another launcher,
4650  such as Vinay Sajip's `pylauncher <https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pylauncher>`_
4651  (included with Python 3.3) to launch console and GUI scripts and not install
4652  its own launcher executables. This experimental functionality is currently
4653  only enabled if  the ``SETUPTOOLS_LAUNCHER`` environment variable is set to
4654  "natural". In the future, this behavior may become default, but only after
4655  it has matured and seen substantial adoption. The ``SETUPTOOLS_LAUNCHER``
4656  also accepts "executable" to force the default behavior of creating launcher
4657  executables.
4658* Issue #63: Bootstrap script (ez_setup.py) now prefers Powershell, curl, or
4659  wget for retrieving the Setuptools tarball for improved security of the
4660  install. The script will still fall back to a simple ``urlopen`` on
4661  platforms that do not have these tools.
4662* Issue #65: Deprecated the ``Features`` functionality.
4663* Issue #52: In ``VerifyingHTTPSConn``, handle a tunnelled (proxied)
4664  connection.
4665
4666Backward-Incompatible Changes
4667^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4668
4669This release includes a couple of backward-incompatible changes, but most if
4670not all users will find 1.0 a drop-in replacement for 0.9.
4671
4672* Issue #50: Normalized API of environment marker support. Specifically,
4673  removed line number and filename from SyntaxErrors when returned from
4674  ``pkg_resources.invalid_marker``. Any clients depending on the specific
4675  string representation of exceptions returned by that function may need to
4676  be updated to account for this change.
4677* Issue #50: SyntaxErrors generated by ``pkg_resources.invalid_marker`` are
4678  normalized for cross-implementation consistency.
4679* Removed ``--ignore-conflicts-at-my-risk`` and ``--delete-conflicting``
4680  options to easy_install. These options have been deprecated since 0.6a11.
4681
46820.9.8
4683-----
4684
4685* Issue #53: Fix NameErrors in ``_vcs_split_rev_from_url``.
4686
46870.9.7
4688-----
4689
4690* Issue #49: Correct AttributeError on PyPy where a hashlib.HASH object does
4691  not have a ``.name`` attribute.
4692* Issue #34: Documentation now refers to bootstrap script in code repository
4693  referenced by bookmark.
4694* Add underscore-separated keys to environment markers (markerlib).
4695
46960.9.6
4697-----
4698
4699* Issue #44: Test failure on Python 2.4 when MD5 hash doesn't have a ``.name``
4700  attribute.
4701
47020.9.5
4703-----
4704
4705* Python #17980: Fix security vulnerability in SSL certificate validation.
4706
47070.9.4
4708-----
4709
4710* Issue #43: Fix issue (introduced in 0.9.1) with version resolution when
4711  upgrading over other releases of Setuptools.
4712
47130.9.3
4714-----
4715
4716* Issue #42: Fix new ``AttributeError`` introduced in last fix.
4717
47180.9.2
4719-----
4720
4721* Issue #42: Fix regression where blank checksums would trigger an
4722  ``AttributeError``.
4723
47240.9.1
4725-----
4726
4727* Distribute #386: Allow other positional and keyword arguments to os.open.
4728* Corrected dependency on certifi mis-referenced in 0.9.
4729
47300.9
4731---
4732
4733* ``package_index`` now validates hashes other than MD5 in download links.
4734
47350.8
4736---
4737
4738* Code base now runs on Python 2.4 - Python 3.3 without Python 2to3
4739  conversion.
4740
47410.7.8
4742-----
4743
4744* Distribute #375: Yet another fix for yet another regression.
4745
47460.7.7
4747-----
4748
4749* Distribute #375: Repair AttributeError created in last release (redo).
4750* Issue #30: Added test for get_cache_path.
4751
47520.7.6
4753-----
4754
4755* Distribute #375: Repair AttributeError created in last release.
4756
47570.7.5
4758-----
4759
4760* Issue #21: Restore Python 2.4 compatibility in ``test_easy_install``.
4761* Distribute #375: Merged additional warning from Distribute 0.6.46.
4762* Now honor the environment variable
4763  ``SETUPTOOLS_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT`` in addition to the now
4764  deprecated ``DISTRIBUTE_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT``.
4765
47660.7.4
4767-----
4768
4769* Issue #20: Fix comparison of parsed SVN version on Python 3.
4770
47710.7.3
4772-----
4773
4774* Issue #1: Disable installation of Windows-specific files on non-Windows systems.
4775* Use new sysconfig module with Python 2.7 or >=3.2.
4776
47770.7.2
4778-----
4779
4780* Issue #14: Use markerlib when the ``parser`` module is not available.
4781* Issue #10: ``ez_setup.py`` now uses HTTPS to download setuptools from PyPI.
4782
47830.7.1
4784-----
4785
4786* Fix NameError (Issue #3) again - broken in bad merge.
4787
47880.7
4789---
4790
4791* Merged Setuptools and Distribute. See docs/merge.txt for details.
4792
4793Added several features that were slated for setuptools 0.6c12:
4794
4795* Index URL now defaults to HTTPS.
4796* Added experimental environment marker support. Now clients may designate a
4797  PEP-426 environment marker for "extra" dependencies. Setuptools uses this
4798  feature in ``setup.py`` for optional SSL and certificate validation support
4799  on older platforms. Based on Distutils-SIG discussions, the syntax is
4800  somewhat tentative. There should probably be a PEP with a firmer spec before
4801  the feature should be considered suitable for use.
4802* Added support for SSL certificate validation when installing packages from
4803  an HTTPS service.
4804
48050.7b4
4806-----
4807
4808* Issue #3: Fixed NameError in SSL support.
4809
48100.6.49
4811------
4812
4813* Move warning check in ``get_cache_path`` to follow the directory creation
4814  to avoid errors when the cache path does not yet exist. Fixes the error
4815  reported in Distribute #375.
4816
48170.6.48
4818------
4819
4820* Correct AttributeError in ``ResourceManager.get_cache_path`` introduced in
4821  0.6.46 (redo).
4822
48230.6.47
4824------
4825
4826* Correct AttributeError in ``ResourceManager.get_cache_path`` introduced in
4827  0.6.46.
4828
48290.6.46
4830------
4831
4832* Distribute #375: Issue a warning if the PYTHON_EGG_CACHE or otherwise
4833  customized egg cache location specifies a directory that's group- or
4834  world-writable.
4835
48360.6.45
4837------
4838
4839* Distribute #379: ``distribute_setup.py`` now traps VersionConflict as well,
4840  restoring ability to upgrade from an older setuptools version.
4841
48420.6.44
4843------
4844
4845* ``distribute_setup.py`` has been updated to allow Setuptools 0.7 to
4846  satisfy use_setuptools.
4847
48480.6.43
4849------
4850
4851* Distribute #378: Restore support for Python 2.4 Syntax (regression in 0.6.42).
4852
48530.6.42
4854------
4855
4856* External links finder no longer yields duplicate links.
4857* Distribute #337: Moved site.py to setuptools/site-patch.py (graft of very old
4858  patch from setuptools trunk which inspired PR #31).
4859
48600.6.41
4861------
4862
4863* Distribute #27: Use public api for loading resources from zip files rather than
4864  the private method ``_zip_directory_cache``.
4865* Added a new function ``easy_install.get_win_launcher`` which may be used by
4866  third-party libraries such as buildout to get a suitable script launcher.
4867
48680.6.40
4869------
4870
4871* Distribute #376: brought back cli.exe and gui.exe that were deleted in the
4872  previous release.
4873
48740.6.39
4875------
4876
4877* Add support for console launchers on ARM platforms.
4878* Fix possible issue in GUI launchers where the subsystem was not supplied to
4879  the linker.
4880* Launcher build script now refactored for robustness.
4881* Distribute #375: Resources extracted from a zip egg to the file system now also
4882  check the contents of the file against the zip contents during each
4883  invocation of get_resource_filename.
4884
48850.6.38
4886------
4887
4888* Distribute #371: The launcher manifest file is now installed properly.
4889
48900.6.37
4891------
4892
4893* Distribute #143: Launcher scripts, including easy_install itself, are now
4894  accompanied by a manifest on 32-bit Windows environments to avoid the
4895  Installer Detection Technology and thus undesirable UAC elevation described
4896  in `this Microsoft article
4897  <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709628%28WS.10%29.aspx>`_.
4898
48990.6.36
4900------
4901
4902* BB Pull Request #35: In Buildout #64, it was reported that
4903  under Python 3, installation of distutils scripts could attempt to copy
4904  the ``__pycache__`` directory as a file, causing an error, apparently only
4905  under Windows. Easy_install now skips all directories when processing
4906  metadata scripts.
4907
49080.6.35
4909------
4910
4911
4912Note this release is backward-incompatible with distribute 0.6.23-0.6.34 in
4913how it parses version numbers.
4914
4915* Distribute #278: Restored compatibility with distribute 0.6.22 and setuptools
4916  0.6. Updated the documentation to match more closely with the version
4917  parsing as intended in setuptools 0.6.
4918
49190.6.34
4920------
4921
4922* Distribute #341: 0.6.33 fails to build under Python 2.4.
4923
49240.6.33
4925------
4926
4927* Fix 2 errors with Jython 2.5.
4928* Fix 1 failure with Jython 2.5 and 2.7.
4929* Disable workaround for Jython scripts on Linux systems.
4930* Distribute #336: ``setup.py`` no longer masks failure exit code when tests fail.
4931* Fix issue in pkg_resources where try/except around a platform-dependent
4932  import would trigger hook load failures on Mercurial. See pull request 32
4933  for details.
4934* Distribute #341: Fix a ResourceWarning.
4935
49360.6.32
4937------
4938
4939* Fix test suite with Python 2.6.
4940* Fix some DeprecationWarnings and ResourceWarnings.
4941* Distribute #335: Backed out ``setup_requires`` superseding installed requirements
4942  until regression can be addressed.
4943
49440.6.31
4945------
4946
4947* Distribute #303: Make sure the manifest only ever contains UTF-8 in Python 3.
4948* Distribute #329: Properly close files created by tests for compatibility with
4949  Jython.
4950* Work around Jython #1980 and Jython #1981.
4951* Distribute #334: Provide workaround for packages that reference ``sys.__stdout__``
4952  such as numpy does. This change should address pypa/virtualenv#359 as long
4953  as the system encoding is UTF-8 or the IO encoding is specified in the
4954  environment, i.e.::
4955
4956     PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 pip install numpy
4957
4958* Fix for encoding issue when installing from Windows executable on Python 3.
4959* Distribute #323: Allow ``setup_requires`` requirements to supersede installed
4960  requirements. Added some new keyword arguments to existing pkg_resources
4961  methods. Also had to updated how __path__ is handled for namespace packages
4962  to ensure that when a new egg distribution containing a namespace package is
4963  placed on sys.path, the entries in __path__ are found in the same order they
4964  would have been in had that egg been on the path when pkg_resources was
4965  first imported.
4966
49670.6.30
4968------
4969
4970* Distribute #328: Clean up temporary directories in distribute_setup.py.
4971* Fix fatal bug in distribute_setup.py.
4972
49730.6.29
4974------
4975
4976* BB Pull Request #14: Honor file permissions in zip files.
4977* Distribute #327: Merged pull request #24 to fix a dependency problem with pip.
4978* Merged pull request #23 to fix pypa/virtualenv#301.
4979* If Sphinx is installed, the ``upload_docs`` command now runs ``build_sphinx``
4980  to produce uploadable documentation.
4981* Distribute #326: ``upload_docs`` provided mangled auth credentials under Python 3.
4982* Distribute #320: Fix check for "creatable" in distribute_setup.py.
4983* Distribute #305: Remove a warning that was triggered during normal operations.
4984* Distribute #311: Print metadata in UTF-8 independent of platform.
4985* Distribute #303: Read manifest file with UTF-8 encoding under Python 3.
4986* Distribute #301: Allow to run tests of namespace packages when using 2to3.
4987* Distribute #304: Prevent import loop in site.py under Python 3.3.
4988* Distribute #283: Re-enable scanning of ``*.pyc`` / ``*.pyo`` files on Python 3.3.
4989* Distribute #299: The develop command didn't work on Python 3, when using 2to3,
4990  as the egg link would go to the Python 2 source. Linking to the 2to3'd code
4991  in build/lib makes it work, although you will have to rebuild the module
4992  before testing it.
4993* Distribute #306: Even if 2to3 is used, we build in-place under Python 2.
4994* Distribute #307: Prints the full path when .svn/entries is broken.
4995* Distribute #313: Support for sdist subcommands (Python 2.7)
4996* Distribute #314: test_local_index() would fail an OS X.
4997* Distribute #310: Non-ascii characters in a namespace __init__.py causes errors.
4998* Distribute #218: Improved documentation on behavior of ``package_data`` and
4999  ``include_package_data``. Files indicated by ``package_data`` are now included
5000  in the manifest.
5001* ``distribute_setup.py`` now allows a ``--download-base`` argument for retrieving
5002  distribute from a specified location.
5003
50040.6.28
5005------
5006
5007* Distribute #294: setup.py can now be invoked from any directory.
5008* Scripts are now installed honoring the umask.
5009* Added support for .dist-info directories.
5010* Distribute #283: Fix and disable scanning of ``*.pyc`` / ``*.pyo`` files on
5011  Python 3.3.
5012
50130.6.27
5014------
5015
5016* Support current snapshots of CPython 3.3.
5017* Distribute now recognizes README.rst as a standard, default readme file.
5018* Exclude 'encodings' modules when removing modules from sys.modules.
5019  Workaround for #285.
5020* Distribute #231: Don't fiddle with system python when used with buildout
5021  (bootstrap.py)
5022
50230.6.26
5024------
5025
5026* Distribute #183: Symlinked files are now extracted from source distributions.
5027* Distribute #227: Easy_install fetch parameters are now passed during the
5028  installation of a source distribution; now fulfillment of setup_requires
5029  dependencies will honor the parameters passed to easy_install.
5030
50310.6.25
5032------
5033
5034* Distribute #258: Workaround a cache issue
5035* Distribute #260: distribute_setup.py now accepts the --user parameter for
5036  Python 2.6 and later.
5037* Distribute #262: package_index.open_with_auth no longer throws LookupError
5038  on Python 3.
5039* Distribute #269: AttributeError when an exception occurs reading Manifest.in
5040  on late releases of Python.
5041* Distribute #272: Prevent TypeError when namespace package names are unicode
5042  and single-install-externally-managed is used. Also fixes PIP issue
5043  449.
5044* Distribute #273: Legacy script launchers now install with Python2/3 support.
5045
50460.6.24
5047------
5048
5049* Distribute #249: Added options to exclude 2to3 fixers
5050
50510.6.23
5052------
5053
5054* Distribute #244: Fixed a test
5055* Distribute #243: Fixed a test
5056* Distribute #239: Fixed a test
5057* Distribute #240: Fixed a test
5058* Distribute #241: Fixed a test
5059* Distribute #237: Fixed a test
5060* Distribute #238: easy_install now uses 64bit executable wrappers on 64bit Python
5061* Distribute #208: Fixed parsed_versions, it now honors post-releases as noted in the documentation
5062* Distribute #207: Windows cli and gui wrappers pass CTRL-C to child python process
5063* Distribute #227: easy_install now passes its arguments to setup.py bdist_egg
5064* Distribute #225: Fixed a NameError on Python 2.5, 2.4
5065
50660.6.21
5067------
5068
5069* Distribute #225: FIxed a regression on py2.4
5070
50710.6.20
5072------
5073
5074* Distribute #135: Include url in warning when processing URLs in package_index.
5075* Distribute #212: Fix issue where easy_instal fails on Python 3 on windows installer.
5076* Distribute #213: Fix typo in documentation.
5077
50780.6.19
5079------
5080
5081* Distribute #206: AttributeError: 'HTTPMessage' object has no attribute 'getheaders'
5082
50830.6.18
5084------
5085
5086* Distribute #210: Fixed a regression introduced by Distribute #204 fix.
5087
50880.6.17
5089------
5090
5091* Support 'DISTRIBUTE_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT' environment
5092  variable to allow to disable installation of easy_install-${version} script.
5093* Support Python >=3.1.4 and >=3.2.1.
5094* Distribute #204: Don't try to import the parent of a namespace package in
5095  declare_namespace
5096* Distribute #196: Tolerate responses with multiple Content-Length headers
5097* Distribute #205: Sandboxing doesn't preserve working_set. Leads to setup_requires
5098  problems.
5099
51000.6.16
5101------
5102
5103* Builds sdist gztar even on Windows (avoiding Distribute #193).
5104* Distribute #192: Fixed metadata omitted on Windows when package_dir
5105  specified with forward-slash.
5106* Distribute #195: Cython build support.
5107* Distribute #200: Issues with recognizing 64-bit packages on Windows.
5108
51090.6.15
5110------
5111
5112* Fixed typo in bdist_egg
5113* Several issues under Python 3 has been solved.
5114* Distribute #146: Fixed missing DLL files after easy_install of windows exe package.
5115
51160.6.14
5117------
5118
5119* Distribute #170: Fixed unittest failure. Thanks to Toshio.
5120* Distribute #171: Fixed race condition in unittests cause deadlocks in test suite.
5121* Distribute #143: Fixed a lookup issue with easy_install.
5122  Thanks to David and Zooko.
5123* Distribute #174: Fixed the edit mode when its used with setuptools itself
5124
51250.6.13
5126------
5127
5128* Distribute #160: 2.7 gives ValueError("Invalid IPv6 URL")
5129* Distribute #150: Fixed using ~/.local even in a --no-site-packages virtualenv
5130* Distribute #163: scan index links before external links, and don't use the md5 when
5131  comparing two distributions
5132
51330.6.12
5134------
5135
5136* Distribute #149: Fixed various failures on 2.3/2.4
5137
51380.6.11
5139------
5140
5141* Found another case of SandboxViolation - fixed
5142* Distribute #15 and Distribute #48: Introduced a socket timeout of 15 seconds on url openings
5143* Added indexsidebar.html into MANIFEST.in
5144* Distribute #108: Fixed TypeError with Python3.1
5145* Distribute #121: Fixed --help install command trying to actually install.
5146* Distribute #112: Added an os.makedirs so that Tarek's solution will work.
5147* Distribute #133: Added --no-find-links to easy_install
5148* Added easy_install --user
5149* Distribute #100: Fixed develop --user not taking '.' in PYTHONPATH into account
5150* Distribute #134: removed spurious UserWarnings. Patch by VanLindberg
5151* Distribute #138: cant_write_to_target error when setup_requires is used.
5152* Distribute #147: respect the sys.dont_write_bytecode flag
5153
51540.6.10
5155------
5156
5157* Reverted change made for the DistributionNotFound exception because
5158  zc.buildout uses the exception message to get the name of the
5159  distribution.
5160
51610.6.9
5162-----
5163
5164* Distribute #90: unknown setuptools version can be added in the working set
5165* Distribute #87: setupt.py doesn't try to convert distribute_setup.py anymore
5166  Initial Patch by arfrever.
5167* Distribute #89: added a side bar with a download link to the doc.
5168* Distribute #86: fixed missing sentence in pkg_resources doc.
5169* Added a nicer error message when a DistributionNotFound is raised.
5170* Distribute #80: test_develop now works with Python 3.1
5171* Distribute #93: upload_docs now works if there is an empty sub-directory.
5172* Distribute #70: exec bit on non-exec files
5173* Distribute #99: now the standalone easy_install command doesn't uses a
5174  "setup.cfg" if any exists in the working directory. It will use it
5175  only if triggered by ``install_requires`` from a setup.py call
5176  (install, develop, etc).
5177* Distribute #101: Allowing ``os.devnull`` in Sandbox
5178* Distribute #92: Fixed the "no eggs" found error with MacPort
5179  (platform.mac_ver() fails)
5180* Distribute #103: test_get_script_header_jython_workaround not run
5181  anymore under py3 with C or POSIX local. Contributed by Arfrever.
5182* Distribute #104: removed the assertion when the installation fails,
5183  with a nicer message for the end user.
5184* Distribute #100: making sure there's no SandboxViolation when
5185  the setup script patches setuptools.
5186
51870.6.8
5188-----
5189
5190* Added "check_packages" in dist. (added in Setuptools 0.6c11)
5191* Fixed the DONT_PATCH_SETUPTOOLS state.
5192
51930.6.7
5194-----
5195
5196* Distribute #58: Added --user support to the develop command
5197* Distribute #11: Generated scripts now wrap their call to the script entry point
5198  in the standard "if name == 'main'"
5199* Added the 'DONT_PATCH_SETUPTOOLS' environment variable, so virtualenv
5200  can drive an installation that doesn't patch a global setuptools.
5201* Reviewed unladen-swallow specific change from
5202  http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/source/detail?spec=svn875&r=719
5203  and determined that it no longer applies. Distribute should work fine with
5204  Unladen Swallow 2009Q3.
5205* Distribute #21: Allow PackageIndex.open_url to gracefully handle all cases of a
5206  httplib.HTTPException instead of just InvalidURL and BadStatusLine.
5207* Removed virtual-python.py from this distribution and updated documentation
5208  to point to the actively maintained virtualenv instead.
5209* Distribute #64: use_setuptools no longer rebuilds the distribute egg every
5210  time it is run
5211* use_setuptools now properly respects the requested version
5212* use_setuptools will no longer try to import a distribute egg for the
5213  wrong Python version
5214* Distribute #74: no_fake should be True by default.
5215* Distribute #72: avoid a bootstrapping issue with easy_install -U
5216
52170.6.6
5218-----
5219
5220* Unified the bootstrap file so it works on both py2.x and py3k without 2to3
5221  (patch by Holger Krekel)
5222
52230.6.5
5224-----
5225
5226* Distribute #65: cli.exe and gui.exe are now generated at build time,
5227  depending on the platform in use.
5228
5229* Distribute #67: Fixed doc typo (PEP 381/PEP 382).
5230
5231* Distribute no longer shadows setuptools if we require a 0.7-series
5232  setuptools. And an error is raised when installing a 0.7 setuptools with
5233  distribute.
5234
5235* When run from within buildout, no attempt is made to modify an existing
5236  setuptools egg, whether in a shared egg directory or a system setuptools.
5237
5238* Fixed a hole in sandboxing allowing builtin file to write outside of
5239  the sandbox.
5240
52410.6.4
5242-----
5243
5244* Added the generation of ``distribute_setup_3k.py`` during the release.
5245  This closes Distribute #52.
5246
5247* Added an upload_docs command to easily upload project documentation to
5248  PyPI's https://pythonhosted.org. This close issue Distribute #56.
5249
5250* Fixed a bootstrap bug on the use_setuptools() API.
5251
52520.6.3
5253-----
5254
5255setuptools
5256^^^^^^^^^^
5257
5258* Fixed a bunch of calls to file() that caused crashes on Python 3.
5259
5260bootstrapping
5261^^^^^^^^^^^^^
5262
5263* Fixed a bug in sorting that caused bootstrap to fail on Python 3.
5264
52650.6.2
5266-----
5267
5268setuptools
5269^^^^^^^^^^
5270
5271* Added Python 3 support; see docs/python3.txt.
5272  This closes Old Setuptools #39.
5273
5274* Added option to run 2to3 automatically when installing on Python 3.
5275  This closes issue Distribute #31.
5276
5277* Fixed invalid usage of requirement.parse, that broke develop -d.
5278  This closes Old Setuptools #44.
5279
5280* Fixed script launcher for 64-bit Windows.
5281  This closes Old Setuptools #2.
5282
5283* KeyError when compiling extensions.
5284  This closes Old Setuptools #41.
5285
5286bootstrapping
5287^^^^^^^^^^^^^
5288
5289* Fixed bootstrap not working on Windows. This closes issue Distribute #49.
5290
5291* Fixed 2.6 dependencies. This closes issue Distribute #50.
5292
5293* Make sure setuptools is patched when running through easy_install
5294  This closes Old Setuptools #40.
5295
52960.6.1
5297-----
5298
5299setuptools
5300^^^^^^^^^^
5301
5302* package_index.urlopen now catches BadStatusLine and malformed url errors.
5303  This closes Distribute #16 and Distribute #18.
5304
5305* zip_ok is now False by default. This closes Old Setuptools #33.
5306
5307* Fixed invalid URL error catching. Old Setuptools #20.
5308
5309* Fixed invalid bootstraping with easy_install installation (Distribute #40).
5310  Thanks to Florian Schulze for the help.
5311
5312* Removed buildout/bootstrap.py. A new repository will create a specific
5313  bootstrap.py script.
5314
5315
5316bootstrapping
5317^^^^^^^^^^^^^
5318
5319* The bootstrap process leave setuptools alone if detected in the system
5320  and --root or --prefix is provided, but is not in the same location.
5321  This closes Distribute #10.
5322
53230.6
5324---
5325
5326setuptools
5327^^^^^^^^^^
5328
5329* Packages required at build time where not fully present at install time.
5330  This closes Distribute #12.
5331
5332* Protected against failures in tarfile extraction. This closes Distribute #10.
5333
5334* Made Jython api_tests.txt doctest compatible. This closes Distribute #7.
5335
5336* sandbox.py replaced builtin type file with builtin function open. This
5337  closes Distribute #6.
5338
5339* Immediately close all file handles. This closes Distribute #3.
5340
5341* Added compatibility with Subversion 1.6. This references Distribute #1.
5342
5343pkg_resources
5344^^^^^^^^^^^^^
5345
5346* Avoid a call to /usr/bin/sw_vers on OSX and use the official platform API
5347  instead. Based on a patch from ronaldoussoren. This closes issue #5.
5348
5349* Fixed a SandboxViolation for mkdir that could occur in certain cases.
5350  This closes Distribute #13.
5351
5352* Allow to find_on_path on systems with tight permissions to fail gracefully.
5353  This closes Distribute #9.
5354
5355* Corrected inconsistency between documentation and code of add_entry.
5356  This closes Distribute #8.
5357
5358* Immediately close all file handles. This closes Distribute #3.
5359
5360easy_install
5361^^^^^^^^^^^^
5362
5363* Immediately close all file handles. This closes Distribute #3.
5364
53650.6c9
5366-----
5367
5368 * Fixed a missing files problem when using Windows source distributions on
5369   non-Windows platforms, due to distutils not handling manifest file line
5370   endings correctly.
5371
5372 * Updated Pyrex support to work with Pyrex 0.9.6 and higher.
5373
5374 * Minor changes for Jython compatibility, including skipping tests that can't
5375   work on Jython.
5376
5377 * Fixed not installing eggs in ``install_requires`` if they were also used for
5378   ``setup_requires`` or ``tests_require``.
5379
5380 * Fixed not fetching eggs in ``install_requires`` when running tests.
5381
5382 * Allow ``ez_setup.use_setuptools()`` to upgrade existing setuptools
5383   installations when called from a standalone ``setup.py``.
5384
5385 * Added a warning if a namespace package is declared, but its parent package
5386   is not also declared as a namespace.
5387
5388 * Support Subversion 1.5
5389
5390 * Removed use of deprecated ``md5`` module if ``hashlib`` is available
5391
5392 * Fixed ``bdist_wininst upload`` trying to upload the ``.exe`` twice
5393
5394 * Fixed ``bdist_egg`` putting a ``native_libs.txt`` in the source package's
5395   ``.egg-info``, when it should only be in the built egg's ``EGG-INFO``.
5396
5397 * Ensure that _full_name is set on all shared libs before extensions are
5398   checked for shared lib usage.  (Fixes a bug in the experimental shared
5399   library build support.)
5400
5401 * Fix to allow unpacked eggs containing native libraries to fail more
5402   gracefully under Google App Engine (with an ``ImportError`` loading the
5403   C-based module, instead of getting a ``NameError``).
5404
5405 * Fixed ``win32.exe`` support for .pth files, so unnecessary directory nesting
5406   is flattened out in the resulting egg.  (There was a case-sensitivity
5407   problem that affected some distributions, notably ``pywin32``.)
5408
5409 * Prevent ``--help-commands`` and other junk from showing under Python 2.5
5410   when running ``easy_install --help``.
5411
5412 * Fixed GUI scripts sometimes not executing on Windows
5413
5414 * Fixed not picking up dependency links from recursive dependencies.
5415
5416 * Only make ``.py``, ``.dll`` and ``.so`` files executable when unpacking eggs
5417
5418 * Changes for Jython compatibility
5419
5420 * Improved error message when a requirement is also a directory name, but the
5421   specified directory is not a source package.
5422
5423 * Fixed ``--allow-hosts`` option blocking ``file:`` URLs
5424
5425 * Fixed HTTP SVN detection failing when the page title included a project
5426   name (e.g. on SourceForge-hosted SVN)
5427
5428 * Fix Jython script installation to handle ``#!`` lines better when
5429   ``sys.executable`` is a script.
5430
5431 * Removed use of deprecated ``md5`` module if ``hashlib`` is available
5432
5433 * Keep site directories (e.g. ``site-packages``) from being included in
5434   ``.pth`` files.
5435
54360.6c7
5437-----
5438
5439 * Fixed ``distutils.filelist.findall()`` crashing on broken symlinks, and
5440   ``egg_info`` command failing on new, uncommitted SVN directories.
5441
5442 * Fix import problems with nested namespace packages installed via
5443   ``--root`` or ``--single-version-externally-managed``, due to the
5444   parent package not having the child package as an attribute.
5445
5446 * ``ftp:`` download URLs now work correctly.
5447
5448 * The default ``--index-url`` is now ``https://pypi.python.org/simple``, to use
5449   the Python Package Index's new simpler (and faster!) REST API.
5450
54510.6c6
5452-----
5453
5454 * Added ``--egg-path`` option to ``develop`` command, allowing you to force
5455   ``.egg-link`` files to use relative paths (allowing them to be shared across
5456   platforms on a networked drive).
5457
5458 * Fix not building binary RPMs correctly.
5459
5460 * Fix "eggsecutables" (such as setuptools' own egg) only being runnable with
5461   bash-compatible shells.
5462
5463 * Fix ``#!`` parsing problems in Windows ``.exe`` script wrappers, when there
5464   was whitespace inside a quoted argument or at the end of the ``#!`` line
5465   (a regression introduced in 0.6c4).
5466
5467 * Fix ``test`` command possibly failing if an older version of the project
5468   being tested was installed on ``sys.path`` ahead of the test source
5469   directory.
5470
5471 * Fix ``find_packages()`` treating ``ez_setup`` and directories with ``.`` in
5472   their names as packages.
5473
5474 * EasyInstall no longer aborts the installation process if a URL it wants to
5475   retrieve can't be downloaded, unless the URL is an actual package download.
5476   Instead, it issues a warning and tries to keep going.
5477
5478 * Fixed distutils-style scripts originally built on Windows having their line
5479   endings doubled when installed on any platform.
5480
5481 * Added ``--local-snapshots-ok`` flag, to allow building eggs from projects
5482   installed using ``setup.py develop``.
5483
5484 * Fixed not HTML-decoding URLs scraped from web pages
5485
54860.6c5
5487-----
5488
5489 * Fix uploaded ``bdist_rpm`` packages being described as ``bdist_egg``
5490   packages under Python versions less than 2.5.
5491
5492 * Fix uploaded ``bdist_wininst`` packages being described as suitable for
5493   "any" version by Python 2.5, even if a ``--target-version`` was specified.
5494
5495 * Fixed ``.dll`` files on Cygwin not having executable permissions when an egg
5496   is installed unzipped.
5497
54980.6c4
5499-----
5500
5501 * Overhauled Windows script wrapping to support ``bdist_wininst`` better.
5502   Scripts installed with ``bdist_wininst`` will always use ``#!python.exe`` or
5503   ``#!pythonw.exe`` as the executable name (even when built on non-Windows
5504   platforms!), and the wrappers will look for the executable in the script's
5505   parent directory (which should find the right version of Python).
5506
5507 * Fix ``upload`` command not uploading files built by ``bdist_rpm`` or
5508   ``bdist_wininst`` under Python 2.3 and 2.4.
5509
5510 * Add support for "eggsecutable" headers: a ``#!/bin/sh`` script that is
5511   prepended to an ``.egg`` file to allow it to be run as a script on Unix-ish
5512   platforms.  (This is mainly so that setuptools itself can have a single-file
5513   installer on Unix, without doing multiple downloads, dealing with firewalls,
5514   etc.)
5515
5516 * Fix problem with empty revision numbers in Subversion 1.4 ``entries`` files
5517
5518 * Use cross-platform relative paths in ``easy-install.pth`` when doing
5519   ``develop`` and the source directory is a subdirectory of the installation
5520   target directory.
5521
5522 * Fix a problem installing eggs with a system packaging tool if the project
5523   contained an implicit namespace package; for example if the ``setup()``
5524   listed a namespace package ``foo.bar`` without explicitly listing ``foo``
5525   as a namespace package.
5526
5527 * Added support for HTTP "Basic" authentication using ``http://user:pass@host``
5528   URLs.  If a password-protected page contains links to the same host (and
5529   protocol), those links will inherit the credentials used to access the
5530   original page.
5531
5532 * Removed all special support for Sourceforge mirrors, as Sourceforge's
5533   mirror system now works well for non-browser downloads.
5534
5535 * Fixed not recognizing ``win32.exe`` installers that included a custom
5536   bitmap.
5537
5538 * Fixed not allowing ``os.open()`` of paths outside the sandbox, even if they
5539   are opened read-only (e.g. reading ``/dev/urandom`` for random numbers, as
5540   is done by ``os.urandom()`` on some platforms).
5541
5542 * Fixed a problem with ``.pth`` testing on Windows when ``sys.executable``
5543   has a space in it (e.g., the user installed Python to a ``Program Files``
5544   directory).
5545
55460.6c3
5547-----
5548
5549 * Fixed breakages caused by Subversion 1.4's new "working copy" format
5550
5551 * You can once again use "python -m easy_install" with Python 2.4 and above.
5552
5553 * Python 2.5 compatibility fixes added.
5554
55550.6c2
5556-----
5557
5558 * The ``ez_setup`` module displays the conflicting version of setuptools (and
5559   its installation location) when a script requests a version that's not
5560   available.
5561
5562 * Running ``setup.py develop`` on a setuptools-using project will now install
5563   setuptools if needed, instead of only downloading the egg.
5564
5565 * Windows script wrappers now support quoted arguments and arguments
5566   containing spaces.  (Patch contributed by Jim Fulton.)
5567
5568 * The ``ez_setup.py`` script now actually works when you put a setuptools
5569   ``.egg`` alongside it for bootstrapping an offline machine.
5570
5571 * A writable installation directory on ``sys.path`` is no longer required to
5572   download and extract a source distribution using ``--editable``.
5573
5574 * Generated scripts now use ``-x`` on the ``#!`` line when ``sys.executable``
5575   contains non-ASCII characters, to prevent deprecation warnings about an
5576   unspecified encoding when the script is run.
5577
55780.6c1
5579-----
5580
5581 * Fixed ``AttributeError`` when trying to download a ``setup_requires``
5582   dependency when a distribution lacks a ``dependency_links`` setting.
5583
5584 * Made ``zip-safe`` and ``not-zip-safe`` flag files contain a single byte, so
5585   as to play better with packaging tools that complain about zero-length
5586   files.
5587
5588 * Made ``setup.py develop`` respect the ``--no-deps`` option, which it
5589   previously was ignoring.
5590
5591 * Support ``extra_path`` option to ``setup()`` when ``install`` is run in
5592   backward-compatibility mode.
5593
5594 * Source distributions now always include a ``setup.cfg`` file that explicitly
5595   sets ``egg_info`` options such that they produce an identical version number
5596   to the source distribution's version number.  (Previously, the default
5597   version number could be different due to the use of ``--tag-date``, or if
5598   the version was overridden on the command line that built the source
5599   distribution.)
5600
5601 * EasyInstall now includes setuptools version information in the
5602   ``User-Agent`` string sent to websites it visits.
5603
56040.6b4
5605-----
5606
5607 * Fix ``register`` not obeying name/version set by ``egg_info`` command, if
5608   ``egg_info`` wasn't explicitly run first on the same command line.
5609
5610 * Added ``--no-date`` and ``--no-svn-revision`` options to ``egg_info``
5611   command, to allow suppressing tags configured in ``setup.cfg``.
5612
5613 * Fixed redundant warnings about missing ``README`` file(s); it should now
5614   appear only if you are actually a source distribution.
5615
5616 * Fix creating Python wrappers for non-Python scripts
5617
5618 * Fix ``ftp://`` directory listing URLs from causing a crash when used in the
5619   "Home page" or "Download URL" slots on PyPI.
5620
5621 * Fix ``sys.path_importer_cache`` not being updated when an existing zipfile
5622   or directory is deleted/overwritten.
5623
5624 * Fix not recognizing HTML 404 pages from package indexes.
5625
5626 * Allow ``file://`` URLs to be used as a package index.  URLs that refer to
5627   directories will use an internally-generated directory listing if there is
5628   no ``index.html`` file in the directory.
5629
5630 * Allow external links in a package index to be specified using
5631   ``rel="homepage"`` or ``rel="download"``, without needing the old
5632   PyPI-specific visible markup.
5633
5634 * Suppressed warning message about possibly-misspelled project name, if an egg
5635   or link for that project name has already been seen.
5636
56370.6b3
5638-----
5639
5640 * Fix ``bdist_egg`` not including files in subdirectories of ``.egg-info``.
5641
5642 * Allow ``.py`` files found by the ``include_package_data`` option to be
5643   automatically included. Remove duplicate data file matches if both
5644   ``include_package_data`` and ``package_data`` are used to refer to the same
5645   files.
5646
5647 * Fix local ``--find-links`` eggs not being copied except with
5648   ``--always-copy``.
5649
5650 * Fix sometimes not detecting local packages installed outside of "site"
5651   directories.
5652
5653 * Fix mysterious errors during initial ``setuptools`` install, caused by
5654   ``ez_setup`` trying to run ``easy_install`` twice, due to a code fallthru
5655   after deleting the egg from which it's running.
5656
56570.6b2
5658-----
5659
5660 * Don't install or update a ``site.py`` patch when installing to a
5661   ``PYTHONPATH`` directory with ``--multi-version``, unless an
5662   ``easy-install.pth`` file is already in use there.
5663
5664 * Construct ``.pth`` file paths in such a way that installing an egg whose
5665   name begins with ``import`` doesn't cause a syntax error.
5666
5667 * Fixed a bogus warning message that wasn't updated since the 0.5 versions.
5668
56690.6b1
5670-----
5671
5672 * Strip ``module`` from the end of compiled extension modules when computing
5673   the name of a ``.py`` loader/wrapper.  (Python's import machinery ignores
5674   this suffix when searching for an extension module.)
5675
5676 * Better ambiguity management: accept ``#egg`` name/version even if processing
5677   what appears to be a correctly-named distutils file, and ignore ``.egg``
5678   files with no ``-``, since valid Python ``.egg`` files always have a version
5679   number (but Scheme eggs often don't).
5680
5681 * Support ``file://`` links to directories in ``--find-links``, so that
5682   easy_install can build packages from local source checkouts.
5683
5684 * Added automatic retry for Sourceforge mirrors.  The new download process is
5685   to first just try dl.sourceforge.net, then randomly select mirror IPs and
5686   remove ones that fail, until something works.  The removed IPs stay removed
5687   for the remainder of the run.
5688
5689 * Ignore bdist_dumb distributions when looking at download URLs.
5690
56910.6a11
5692------
5693
5694 * Added ``test_loader`` keyword to support custom test loaders
5695
5696 * Added ``setuptools.file_finders`` entry point group to allow implementing
5697   revision control plugins.
5698
5699 * Added ``--identity`` option to ``upload`` command.
5700
5701 * Added ``dependency_links`` to allow specifying URLs for ``--find-links``.
5702
5703 * Enhanced test loader to scan packages as well as modules, and call
5704   ``additional_tests()`` if present to get non-unittest tests.
5705
5706 * Support namespace packages in conjunction with system packagers, by omitting
5707   the installation of any ``__init__.py`` files for namespace packages, and
5708   adding a special ``.pth`` file to create a working package in
5709   ``sys.modules``.
5710
5711 * Made ``--single-version-externally-managed`` automatic when ``--root`` is
5712   used, so that most system packagers won't require special support for
5713   setuptools.
5714
5715 * Fixed ``setup_requires``, ``tests_require``, etc. not using ``setup.cfg`` or
5716   other configuration files for their option defaults when installing, and
5717   also made the install use ``--multi-version`` mode so that the project
5718   directory doesn't need to support .pth files.
5719
5720 * ``MANIFEST.in`` is now forcibly closed when any errors occur while reading
5721   it. Previously, the file could be left open and the actual error would be
5722   masked by problems trying to remove the open file on Windows systems.
5723
5724 * Process ``dependency_links.txt`` if found in a distribution, by adding the
5725   URLs to the list for scanning.
5726
5727 * Use relative paths in ``.pth`` files when eggs are being installed to the
5728   same directory as the ``.pth`` file.  This maximizes portability of the
5729   target directory when building applications that contain eggs.
5730
5731 * Added ``easy_install-N.N`` script(s) for convenience when using multiple
5732   Python versions.
5733
5734 * Added automatic handling of installation conflicts.  Eggs are now shifted to
5735   the front of sys.path, in an order consistent with where they came from,
5736   making EasyInstall seamlessly co-operate with system package managers.
5737
5738   The ``--delete-conflicting`` and ``--ignore-conflicts-at-my-risk`` options
5739   are now no longer necessary, and will generate warnings at the end of a
5740   run if you use them.
5741
5742 * Don't recursively traverse subdirectories given to ``--find-links``.
5743
57440.6a10
5745------
5746
5747 * Fixed the ``develop`` command ignoring ``--find-links``.
5748
5749 * Added exhaustive testing of the install directory, including a spawn test
5750   for ``.pth`` file support, and directory writability/existence checks.  This
5751   should virtually eliminate the need to set or configure ``--site-dirs``.
5752
5753 * Added ``--prefix`` option for more do-what-I-mean-ishness in the absence of
5754   RTFM-ing.  :)
5755
5756 * Enhanced ``PYTHONPATH`` support so that you don't have to put any eggs on it
5757   manually to make it work.  ``--multi-version`` is no longer a silent
5758   default; you must explicitly use it if installing to a non-PYTHONPATH,
5759   non-"site" directory.
5760
5761 * Expand ``$variables`` used in the ``--site-dirs``, ``--build-directory``,
5762   ``--install-dir``, and ``--script-dir`` options, whether on the command line
5763   or in configuration files.
5764
5765 * Improved SourceForge mirror processing to work faster and be less affected
5766   by transient HTML changes made by SourceForge.
5767
5768 * PyPI searches now use the exact spelling of requirements specified on the
5769   command line or in a project's ``install_requires``.  Previously, a
5770   normalized form of the name was used, which could lead to unnecessary
5771   full-index searches when a project's name had an underscore (``_``) in it.
5772
5773 * EasyInstall can now download bare ``.py`` files and wrap them in an egg,
5774   as long as you include an ``#egg=name-version`` suffix on the URL, or if
5775   the ``.py`` file is listed as the "Download URL" on the project's PyPI page.
5776   This allows third parties to "package" trivial Python modules just by
5777   linking to them (e.g. from within their own PyPI page or download links
5778   page).
5779
5780 * The ``--always-copy`` option now skips "system" and "development" eggs since
5781   they can't be reliably copied.  Note that this may cause EasyInstall to
5782   choose an older version of a package than what you expected, or it may cause
5783   downloading and installation of a fresh version of what's already installed.
5784
5785 * The ``--find-links`` option previously scanned all supplied URLs and
5786   directories as early as possible, but now only directories and direct
5787   archive links are scanned immediately.  URLs are not retrieved unless a
5788   package search was already going to go online due to a package not being
5789   available locally, or due to the use of the ``--update`` or ``-U`` option.
5790
5791 * Fixed the annoying ``--help-commands`` wart.
5792
57930.6a9
5794-----
5795
5796 * The ``sdist`` command no longer uses the traditional ``MANIFEST`` file to
5797   create source distributions.  ``MANIFEST.in`` is still read and processed,
5798   as are the standard defaults and pruning. But the manifest is built inside
5799   the project's ``.egg-info`` directory as ``SOURCES.txt``, and it is rebuilt
5800   every time the ``egg_info`` command is run.
5801
5802 * Added the ``include_package_data`` keyword to ``setup()``, allowing you to
5803   automatically include any package data listed in revision control or
5804   ``MANIFEST.in``
5805
5806 * Added the ``exclude_package_data`` keyword to ``setup()``, allowing you to
5807   trim back files included via the ``package_data`` and
5808   ``include_package_data`` options.
5809
5810 * Fixed ``--tag-svn-revision`` not working when run from a source
5811   distribution.
5812
5813 * Added warning for namespace packages with missing ``declare_namespace()``
5814
5815 * Added ``tests_require`` keyword to ``setup()``, so that e.g. packages
5816   requiring ``nose`` to run unit tests can make this dependency optional
5817   unless the ``test`` command is run.
5818
5819 * Made all commands that use ``easy_install`` respect its configuration
5820   options, as this was causing some problems with ``setup.py install``.
5821
5822 * Added an ``unpack_directory()`` driver to ``setuptools.archive_util``, so
5823   that you can process a directory tree through a processing filter as if it
5824   were a zipfile or tarfile.
5825
5826 * Added an internal ``install_egg_info`` command to use as part of old-style
5827   ``install`` operations, that installs an ``.egg-info`` directory with the
5828   package.
5829
5830 * Added a ``--single-version-externally-managed`` option to the ``install``
5831   command so that you can more easily wrap a "flat" egg in a system package.
5832
5833 * Enhanced ``bdist_rpm`` so that it installs single-version eggs that
5834   don't rely on a ``.pth`` file. The ``--no-egg`` option has been removed,
5835   since all RPMs are now built in a more backwards-compatible format.
5836
5837 * Support full roundtrip translation of eggs to and from ``bdist_wininst``
5838   format. Running ``bdist_wininst`` on a setuptools-based package wraps the
5839   egg in an .exe that will safely install it as an egg (i.e., with metadata
5840   and entry-point wrapper scripts), and ``easy_install`` can turn the .exe
5841   back into an ``.egg`` file or directory and install it as such.
5842
5843 * Fixed ``.pth`` file processing picking up nested eggs (i.e. ones inside
5844   "baskets") when they weren't explicitly listed in the ``.pth`` file.
5845
5846 * If more than one URL appears to describe the exact same distribution, prefer
5847   the shortest one.  This helps to avoid "table of contents" CGI URLs like the
5848   ones on effbot.org.
5849
5850 * Quote arguments to python.exe (including python's path) to avoid problems
5851   when Python (or a script) is installed in a directory whose name contains
5852   spaces on Windows.
5853
5854 * Support full roundtrip translation of eggs to and from ``bdist_wininst``
5855   format.  Running ``bdist_wininst`` on a setuptools-based package wraps the
5856   egg in an .exe that will safely install it as an egg (i.e., with metadata
5857   and entry-point wrapper scripts), and ``easy_install`` can turn the .exe
5858   back into an ``.egg`` file or directory and install it as such.
5859
58600.6a8
5861-----
5862
5863 * Fixed some problems building extensions when Pyrex was installed, especially
5864   with Python 2.4 and/or packages using SWIG.
5865
5866 * Made ``develop`` command accept all the same options as ``easy_install``,
5867   and use the ``easy_install`` command's configuration settings as defaults.
5868
5869 * Made ``egg_info --tag-svn-revision`` fall back to extracting the revision
5870   number from ``PKG-INFO`` in case it is being run on a source distribution of
5871   a snapshot taken from a Subversion-based project.
5872
5873 * Automatically detect ``.dll``, ``.so`` and ``.dylib`` files that are being
5874   installed as data, adding them to ``native_libs.txt`` automatically.
5875
5876 * Fixed some problems with fresh checkouts of projects that don't include
5877   ``.egg-info/PKG-INFO`` under revision control and put the project's source
5878   code directly in the project directory. If such a package had any
5879   requirements that get processed before the ``egg_info`` command can be run,
5880   the setup scripts would fail with a "Missing 'Version:' header and/or
5881   PKG-INFO file" error, because the egg runtime interpreted the unbuilt
5882   metadata in a directory on ``sys.path`` (i.e. the current directory) as
5883   being a corrupted egg. Setuptools now monkeypatches the distribution
5884   metadata cache to pretend that the egg has valid version information, until
5885   it has a chance to make it actually be so (via the ``egg_info`` command).
5886
5887 * Update for changed SourceForge mirror format
5888
5889 * Fixed not installing dependencies for some packages fetched via Subversion
5890
5891 * Fixed dependency installation with ``--always-copy`` not using the same
5892   dependency resolution procedure as other operations.
5893
5894 * Fixed not fully removing temporary directories on Windows, if a Subversion
5895   checkout left read-only files behind
5896
5897 * Fixed some problems building extensions when Pyrex was installed, especially
5898   with Python 2.4 and/or packages using SWIG.
5899
59000.6a7
5901-----
5902
5903 * Fixed not being able to install Windows script wrappers using Python 2.3
5904
59050.6a6
5906-----
5907
5908 * Added support for "traditional" PYTHONPATH-based non-root installation, and
5909   also the convenient ``virtual-python.py`` script, based on a contribution
5910   by Ian Bicking.  The setuptools egg now contains a hacked ``site`` module
5911   that makes the PYTHONPATH-based approach work with .pth files, so that you
5912   can get the full EasyInstall feature set on such installations.
5913
5914 * Added ``--no-deps`` and ``--allow-hosts`` options.
5915
5916 * Improved Windows ``.exe`` script wrappers so that the script can have the
5917   same name as a module without confusing Python.
5918
5919 * Changed dependency processing so that it's breadth-first, allowing a
5920   depender's preferences to override those of a dependee, to prevent conflicts
5921   when a lower version is acceptable to the dependee, but not the depender.
5922   Also, ensure that currently installed/selected packages aren't given
5923   precedence over ones desired by a package being installed, which could
5924   cause conflict errors.
5925
59260.6a5
5927-----
5928
5929 * Fixed missing gui/cli .exe files in distribution. Fixed bugs in tests.
5930
59310.6a3
5932-----
5933
5934 * Added ``gui_scripts`` entry point group to allow installing GUI scripts
5935   on Windows and other platforms.  (The special handling is only for Windows;
5936   other platforms are treated the same as for ``console_scripts``.)
5937
5938 * Improved error message when trying to use old ways of running
5939   ``easy_install``.  Removed the ability to run via ``python -m`` or by
5940   running ``easy_install.py``; ``easy_install`` is the command to run on all
5941   supported platforms.
5942
5943 * Improved wrapper script generation and runtime initialization so that a
5944   VersionConflict doesn't occur if you later install a competing version of a
5945   needed package as the default version of that package.
5946
5947 * Fixed a problem parsing version numbers in ``#egg=`` links.
5948
59490.6a2
5950-----
5951
5952 * Added ``console_scripts`` entry point group to allow installing scripts
5953   without the need to create separate script files. On Windows, console
5954   scripts get an ``.exe`` wrapper so you can just type their name. On other
5955   platforms, the scripts are written without a file extension.
5956
5957 * EasyInstall can now install "console_scripts" defined by packages that use
5958   ``setuptools`` and define appropriate entry points.  On Windows, console
5959   scripts get an ``.exe`` wrapper so you can just type their name.  On other
5960   platforms, the scripts are installed without a file extension.
5961
5962 * Using ``python -m easy_install`` or running ``easy_install.py`` is now
5963   DEPRECATED, since an ``easy_install`` wrapper is now available on all
5964   platforms.
5965
59660.6a1
5967-----
5968
5969 * Added support for building "old-style" RPMs that don't install an egg for
5970   the target package, using a ``--no-egg`` option.
5971
5972 * The ``build_ext`` command now works better when using the ``--inplace``
5973   option and multiple Python versions. It now makes sure that all extensions
5974   match the current Python version, even if newer copies were built for a
5975   different Python version.
5976
5977 * The ``upload`` command no longer attaches an extra ``.zip`` when uploading
5978   eggs, as PyPI now supports egg uploads without trickery.
5979
5980 * The ``ez_setup`` script/module now displays a warning before downloading
5981   the setuptools egg, and attempts to check the downloaded egg against an
5982   internal MD5 checksum table.
5983
5984 * Fixed the ``--tag-svn-revision`` option of ``egg_info`` not finding the
5985   latest revision number; it was using the revision number of the directory
5986   containing ``setup.py``, not the highest revision number in the project.
5987
5988 * Added ``eager_resources`` setup argument
5989
5990 * The ``sdist`` command now recognizes Subversion "deleted file" entries and
5991   does not include them in source distributions.
5992
5993 * ``setuptools`` now embeds itself more thoroughly into the distutils, so that
5994   other distutils extensions (e.g. py2exe, py2app) will subclass setuptools'
5995   versions of things, rather than the native distutils ones.
5996
5997 * Added ``entry_points`` and ``setup_requires`` arguments to ``setup()``;
5998   ``setup_requires`` allows you to automatically find and download packages
5999   that are needed in order to *build* your project (as opposed to running it).
6000
6001 * ``setuptools`` now finds its commands, ``setup()`` argument validators, and
6002   metadata writers using entry points, so that they can be extended by
6003   third-party packages. See `Creating distutils Extensions
6004   <https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#creating-distutils-extensions>`_
6005   for more details.
6006
6007 * The vestigial ``depends`` command has been removed. It was never finished
6008   or documented, and never would have worked without EasyInstall - which it
6009   pre-dated and was never compatible with.
6010
6011 * EasyInstall now does MD5 validation of downloads from PyPI, or from any link
6012   that has an "#md5=..." trailer with a 32-digit lowercase hex md5 digest.
6013
6014 * EasyInstall now handles symlinks in target directories by removing the link,
6015   rather than attempting to overwrite the link's destination.  This makes it
6016   easier to set up an alternate Python "home" directory (as described in
6017   the Non-Root Installation section of the docs).
6018
6019 * Added support for handling MacOS platform information in ``.egg`` filenames,
6020   based on a contribution by Kevin Dangoor.  You may wish to delete and
6021   reinstall any eggs whose filename includes "darwin" and "Power_Macintosh",
6022   because the format for this platform information has changed so that minor
6023   OS X upgrades (such as 10.4.1 to 10.4.2) do not cause eggs built with a
6024   previous OS version to become obsolete.
6025
6026 * easy_install's dependency processing algorithms have changed.  When using
6027   ``--always-copy``, it now ensures that dependencies are copied too.  When
6028   not using ``--always-copy``, it tries to use a single resolution loop,
6029   rather than recursing.
6030
6031 * Fixed installing extra ``.pyc`` or ``.pyo`` files for scripts with ``.py``
6032   extensions.
6033
6034 * Added ``--site-dirs`` option to allow adding custom "site" directories.
6035   Made ``easy-install.pth`` work in platform-specific alternate site
6036   directories (e.g. ``~/Library/Python/2.x/site-packages`` on Mac OS X).
6037
6038 * If you manually delete the current version of a package, the next run of
6039   EasyInstall against the target directory will now remove the stray entry
6040   from the ``easy-install.pth`` file.
6041
6042 * EasyInstall now recognizes URLs with a ``#egg=project_name`` fragment ID
6043   as pointing to the named project's source checkout.  Such URLs have a lower
6044   match precedence than any other kind of distribution, so they'll only be
6045   used if they have a higher version number than any other available
6046   distribution, or if you use the ``--editable`` option.  The ``#egg``
6047   fragment can contain a version if it's formatted as ``#egg=proj-ver``,
6048   where ``proj`` is the project name, and ``ver`` is the version number.  You
6049   *must* use the format for these values that the ``bdist_egg`` command uses;
6050   i.e., all non-alphanumeric runs must be condensed to single underscore
6051   characters.
6052
6053 * Added the ``--editable`` option; see Editing and Viewing Source Packages
6054   in the docs.  Also, slightly changed the behavior of the
6055   ``--build-directory`` option.
6056
6057 * Fixed the setup script sandbox facility not recognizing certain paths as
6058   valid on case-insensitive platforms.
6059
60600.5a12
6061------
6062
6063 * The zip-safety scanner now checks for modules that might be used with
6064   ``python -m``, and marks them as unsafe for zipping, since Python 2.4 can't
6065   handle ``-m`` on zipped modules.
6066
6067 * Fix ``python -m easy_install`` not working due to setuptools being installed
6068   as a zipfile.  Update safety scanner to check for modules that might be used
6069   as ``python -m`` scripts.
6070
6071 * Misc. fixes for win32.exe support, including changes to support Python 2.4's
6072   changed ``bdist_wininst`` format.
6073
60740.5a11
6075------
6076
6077 * Fix breakage of the "develop" command that was caused by the addition of
6078   ``--always-unzip`` to the ``easy_install`` command.
6079
60800.5a10
6081------
6082
6083 * Put the ``easy_install`` module back in as a module, as it's needed for
6084   ``python -m`` to run it!
6085
6086 * Allow ``--find-links/-f`` to accept local directories or filenames as well
6087   as URLs.
6088
60890.5a9
6090-----
6091
6092 * Include ``svn:externals`` directories in source distributions as well as
6093   normal subversion-controlled files and directories.
6094
6095 * Added ``exclude=patternlist`` option to ``setuptools.find_packages()``
6096
6097 * Changed --tag-svn-revision to include an "r" in front of the revision number
6098   for better readability.
6099
6100 * Added ability to build eggs without including source files (except for any
6101   scripts, of course), using the ``--exclude-source-files`` option to
6102   ``bdist_egg``.
6103
6104 * ``setup.py install`` now automatically detects when an "unmanaged" package
6105   or module is going to be on ``sys.path`` ahead of a package being installed,
6106   thereby preventing the newer version from being imported. If this occurs,
6107   a warning message is output to ``sys.stderr``, but installation proceeds
6108   anyway. The warning message informs the user what files or directories
6109   need deleting, and advises them they can also use EasyInstall (with the
6110   ``--delete-conflicting`` option) to do it automatically.
6111
6112 * The ``egg_info`` command now adds a ``top_level.txt`` file to the metadata
6113   directory that lists all top-level modules and packages in the distribution.
6114   This is used by the ``easy_install`` command to find possibly-conflicting
6115   "unmanaged" packages when installing the distribution.
6116
6117 * Added ``zip_safe`` and ``namespace_packages`` arguments to ``setup()``.
6118   Added package analysis to determine zip-safety if the ``zip_safe`` flag
6119   is not given, and advise the author regarding what code might need changing.
6120
6121 * Fixed the swapped ``-d`` and ``-b`` options of ``bdist_egg``.
6122
6123 * EasyInstall now automatically detects when an "unmanaged" package or
6124   module is going to be on ``sys.path`` ahead of a package you're installing,
6125   thereby preventing the newer version from being imported.  By default, it
6126   will abort installation to alert you of the problem, but there are also
6127   new options (``--delete-conflicting`` and ``--ignore-conflicts-at-my-risk``)
6128   available to change the default behavior.  (Note: this new feature doesn't
6129   take effect for egg files that were built with older ``setuptools``
6130   versions, because they lack the new metadata file required to implement it.)
6131
6132 * The ``easy_install`` distutils command now uses ``DistutilsError`` as its
6133   base error type for errors that should just issue a message to stderr and
6134   exit the program without a traceback.
6135
6136 * EasyInstall can now be given a path to a directory containing a setup
6137   script, and it will attempt to build and install the package there.
6138
6139 * EasyInstall now performs a safety analysis on module contents to determine
6140   whether a package is likely to run in zipped form, and displays
6141   information about what modules may be doing introspection that would break
6142   when running as a zipfile.
6143
6144 * Added the ``--always-unzip/-Z`` option, to force unzipping of packages that
6145   would ordinarily be considered safe to unzip, and changed the meaning of
6146   ``--zip-ok/-z`` to "always leave everything zipped".
6147
61480.5a8
6149-----
6150
6151 * The "egg_info" command now always sets the distribution metadata to "safe"
6152   forms of the distribution name and version, so that distribution files will
6153   be generated with parseable names (i.e., ones that don't include '-' in the
6154   name or version). Also, this means that if you use the various ``--tag``
6155   options of "egg_info", any distributions generated will use the tags in the
6156   version, not just egg distributions.
6157
6158 * Added support for defining command aliases in distutils configuration files,
6159   under the "[aliases]" section. To prevent recursion and to allow aliases to
6160   call the command of the same name, a given alias can be expanded only once
6161   per command-line invocation. You can define new aliases with the "alias"
6162   command, either for the local, global, or per-user configuration.
6163
6164 * Added "rotate" command to delete old distribution files, given a set of
6165   patterns to match and the number of files to keep.  (Keeps the most
6166   recently-modified distribution files matching each pattern.)
6167
6168 * Added "saveopts" command that saves all command-line options for the current
6169   invocation to the local, global, or per-user configuration file. Useful for
6170   setting defaults without having to hand-edit a configuration file.
6171
6172 * Added a "setopt" command that sets a single option in a specified distutils
6173   configuration file.
6174
6175 * There is now a separate documentation page for setuptools; revision
6176   history that's not specific to EasyInstall has been moved to that page.
6177
61780.5a7
6179-----
6180
6181 * Added "upload" support for egg and source distributions, including a bug
6182   fix for "upload" and a temporary workaround for lack of .egg support in
6183   PyPI.
6184
61850.5a6
6186-----
6187
6188 * Beefed up the "sdist" command so that if you don't have a MANIFEST.in, it
6189   will include all files under revision control (CVS or Subversion) in the
6190   current directory, and it will regenerate the list every time you create a
6191   source distribution, not just when you tell it to. This should make the
6192   default "do what you mean" more often than the distutils' default behavior
6193   did, while still retaining the old behavior in the presence of MANIFEST.in.
6194
6195 * Fixed the "develop" command always updating .pth files, even if you
6196   specified ``-n`` or ``--dry-run``.
6197
6198 * Slightly changed the format of the generated version when you use
6199   ``--tag-build`` on the "egg_info" command, so that you can make tagged
6200   revisions compare *lower* than the version specified in setup.py (e.g. by
6201   using ``--tag-build=dev``).
6202
62030.5a5
6204-----
6205
6206 * Added ``develop`` command to ``setuptools``-based packages. This command
6207   installs an ``.egg-link`` pointing to the package's source directory, and
6208   script wrappers that ``execfile()`` the source versions of the package's
6209   scripts. This lets you put your development checkout(s) on sys.path without
6210   having to actually install them.  (To uninstall the link, use
6211   use ``setup.py develop --uninstall``.)
6212
6213 * Added ``egg_info`` command to ``setuptools``-based packages. This command
6214   just creates or updates the "projectname.egg-info" directory, without
6215   building an egg.  (It's used by the ``bdist_egg``, ``test``, and ``develop``
6216   commands.)
6217
6218 * Enhanced the ``test`` command so that it doesn't install the package, but
6219   instead builds any C extensions in-place, updates the ``.egg-info``
6220   metadata, adds the source directory to ``sys.path``, and runs the tests
6221   directly on the source. This avoids an "unmanaged" installation of the
6222   package to ``site-packages`` or elsewhere.
6223
6224 * Made ``easy_install`` a standard ``setuptools`` command, moving it from
6225   the ``easy_install`` module to ``setuptools.command.easy_install``. Note
6226   that if you were importing or extending it, you must now change your imports
6227   accordingly.  ``easy_install.py`` is still installed as a script, but not as
6228   a module.
6229
62300.5a4
6231-----
6232
6233 * Setup scripts using setuptools can now list their dependencies directly in
6234   the setup.py file, without having to manually create a ``depends.txt`` file.
6235   The ``install_requires`` and ``extras_require`` arguments to ``setup()``
6236   are used to create a dependencies file automatically. If you are manually
6237   creating ``depends.txt`` right now, please switch to using these setup
6238   arguments as soon as practical, because ``depends.txt`` support will be
6239   removed in the 0.6 release cycle. For documentation on the new arguments,
6240   see the ``setuptools.dist.Distribution`` class.
6241
6242 * Setup scripts using setuptools now always install using ``easy_install``
6243   internally, for ease of uninstallation and upgrading.
6244
6245 * Added ``--always-copy/-a`` option to always copy needed packages to the
6246   installation directory, even if they're already present elsewhere on
6247   sys.path. (In previous versions, this was the default behavior, but now
6248   you must request it.)
6249
6250 * Added ``--upgrade/-U`` option to force checking PyPI for latest available
6251   version(s) of all packages requested by name and version, even if a matching
6252   version is available locally.
6253
6254 * Added automatic installation of dependencies declared by a distribution
6255   being installed.  These dependencies must be listed in the distribution's
6256   ``EGG-INFO`` directory, so the distribution has to have declared its
6257   dependencies by using setuptools.  If a package has requirements it didn't
6258   declare, you'll still have to deal with them yourself.  (E.g., by asking
6259   EasyInstall to find and install them.)
6260
6261 * Added the ``--record`` option to ``easy_install`` for the benefit of tools
6262   that run ``setup.py install --record=filename`` on behalf of another
6263   packaging system.)
6264
62650.5a3
6266-----
6267
6268 * Fixed not setting script permissions to allow execution.
6269
6270 * Improved sandboxing so that setup scripts that want a temporary directory
6271   (e.g. pychecker) can still run in the sandbox.
6272
62730.5a2
6274-----
6275
6276 * Fix stupid stupid refactoring-at-the-last-minute typos.  :(
6277
62780.5a1
6279-----
6280
6281 * Added support for "self-installation" bootstrapping. Packages can now
6282   include ``ez_setup.py`` in their source distribution, and add the following
6283   to their ``setup.py``, in order to automatically bootstrap installation of
6284   setuptools as part of their setup process::
6285
6286    from ez_setup import use_setuptools
6287    use_setuptools()
6288
6289    from setuptools import setup
6290    # etc...
6291
6292 * Added support for converting ``.win32.exe`` installers to eggs on the fly.
6293   EasyInstall will now recognize such files by name and install them.
6294
6295 * Fixed a problem with picking the "best" version to install (versions were
6296   being sorted as strings, rather than as parsed values)
6297
62980.4a4
6299-----
6300
6301 * Added support for the distutils "verbose/quiet" and "dry-run" options, as
6302   well as the "optimize" flag.
6303
6304 * Support downloading packages that were uploaded to PyPI (by scanning all
6305   links on package pages, not just the homepage/download links).
6306
63070.4a3
6308-----
6309
6310 * Add progress messages to the search/download process so that you can tell
6311   what URLs it's reading to find download links.  (Hopefully, this will help
6312   people report out-of-date and broken links to package authors, and to tell
6313   when they've asked for a package that doesn't exist.)
6314
63150.4a2
6316-----
6317
6318 * Added ``ez_setup.py`` installer/bootstrap script to make initial setuptools
6319   installation easier, and to allow distributions using setuptools to avoid
6320   having to include setuptools in their source distribution.
6321
6322 * All downloads are now managed by the ``PackageIndex`` class (which is now
6323   subclassable and replaceable), so that embedders can more easily override
6324   download logic, give download progress reports, etc. The class has also
6325   been moved to the new ``setuptools.package_index`` module.
6326
6327 * The ``Installer`` class no longer handles downloading, manages a temporary
6328   directory, or tracks the ``zip_ok`` option. Downloading is now handled
6329   by ``PackageIndex``, and ``Installer`` has become an ``easy_install``
6330   command class based on ``setuptools.Command``.
6331
6332 * There is a new ``setuptools.sandbox.run_setup()`` API to invoke a setup
6333   script in a directory sandbox, and a new ``setuptools.archive_util`` module
6334   with an ``unpack_archive()`` API. These were split out of EasyInstall to
6335   allow reuse by other tools and applications.
6336
6337 * ``setuptools.Command`` now supports reinitializing commands using keyword
6338   arguments to set/reset options. Also, ``Command`` subclasses can now set
6339   their ``command_consumes_arguments`` attribute to ``True`` in order to
6340   receive an ``args`` option containing the rest of the command line.
6341
6342 * Added support for installing scripts
6343
6344 * Added support for setting options via distutils configuration files, and
6345   using distutils' default options as a basis for EasyInstall's defaults.
6346
6347 * Renamed ``--scan-url/-s`` to ``--find-links/-f`` to free up ``-s`` for the
6348   script installation directory option.
6349
6350 * Use ``urllib2`` instead of ``urllib``, to allow use of ``https:`` URLs if
6351   Python includes SSL support.
6352
63530.4a1
6354-----
6355
6356 * Added ``--scan-url`` and ``--index-url`` options, to scan download pages
6357   and search PyPI for needed packages.
6358
63590.3a4
6360-----
6361
6362 * Restrict ``--build-directory=DIR/-b DIR`` option to only be used with single
6363   URL installs, to avoid running the wrong setup.py.
6364
63650.3a3
6366-----
6367
6368 * Added ``--build-directory=DIR/-b DIR`` option.
6369
6370 * Added "installation report" that explains how to use 'require()' when doing
6371   a multiversion install or alternate installation directory.
6372
6373 * Added SourceForge mirror auto-select (Contributed by Ian Bicking)
6374
6375 * Added "sandboxing" that stops a setup script from running if it attempts to
6376   write to the filesystem outside of the build area
6377
6378 * Added more workarounds for packages with quirky ``install_data`` hacks
6379
63800.3a2
6381-----
6382
6383 * Added new options to ``bdist_egg`` to allow tagging the egg's version number
6384   with a subversion revision number, the current date, or an explicit tag
6385   value. Run ``setup.py bdist_egg --help`` to get more information.
6386
6387 * Added subversion download support for ``svn:`` and ``svn+`` URLs, as well as
6388   automatic recognition of HTTP subversion URLs (Contributed by Ian Bicking)
6389
6390 * Misc. bug fixes
6391
63920.3a1
6393-----
6394
6395 * Initial release.
6396
6397