This directory contains only a subset of the Distutils, specificallythe Python modules in the 'distutils' and 'distutils.command'packages.  This is all you need to distribute and install Pythonmodules using the Distutils.  There is also a separately packagedstandalone version of the Distutils available for people who want toupgrade the Distutils without upgrading Python, available from theDistutils web page:     http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/ The standalone version includes all of the code in this directory,plus documentation, test scripts, examples, etc. The Distutils documentation is divided into two documents, "InstallingPython Modules", which explains how to install Python packages, and"Distributing Python Modules", which explains how to write setup.pyfiles.  Both documents are part of the standard Python documentationset, and are available from http://www.python.org/doc/current/ .         Greg Ward (gward@python.net) $Id: README 29650 2002-11-13 13:26:59Z akuchling $