[Python-checkins] r73443 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst Misc/NEWS

Tue Jun 16 09:43:42 CEST 2009

Author: tarek.ziade
Date: Tue Jun 16 09:43:42 2009
New Revision: 73443
Log:
Merged revisions 73441 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
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 r73441 | tarek.ziade | 2009年06月16日 09:29:52 +0200 (2009年6月16日) | 1 line
 
 Fixed #6287: documentation for the license field in distutils
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Modified:
 python/branches/py3k/ (props changed)
 python/branches/py3k/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
 python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
==============================================================================

--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst	Tue Jun 16 09:43:42 2009
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@
 +----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+--------+
 | ``platforms`` | a list of platforms | list of strings | |
 +----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+--------+
+| ``license`` | license for the package | short string | \(6) |
++----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+--------+
 
 Notes:
 
@@ -610,6 +612,13 @@
 The ``long_description`` field is used by PyPI when you are registering a
 package, to build its home page.
 
+(6)
+ The ``license`` field is a text indicating the license covering the
+ package where the license is not a selection from the "License" Trove
+ classifiers. See the ``Classifier`` field. Notice that
+ there's a ``licence`` distribution option which is deprecated but still
+ acts as an alias for ``license``.
+
 'short string'
 A single line of text, not more than 200 characters.
 
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS
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--- python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS	Tue Jun 16 09:43:42 2009
@@ -800,6 +800,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6287: Added the license field in Distutils documentation.
+
 - Issue #6263: Fixed syntax error in distutils.cygwincompiler.
 
 - Issue #5201: distutils.sysconfig.parse_makefile() now understands `$$`
