SetupTools is a free and open source collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that simplify the creation and distribution of Python packages. It allows developers to easily build and distribute packages, even those with dependencies on other packages, without requiring users to install or even know about setuptools. Packages created and distributed with setuptools appear to users as ordinary Python packages.
setuptools is a free and open source collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that will allow developers to more easily build and distribute Python packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages.
Packages built and distributed using setuptools look to the user like ordinary Python packages based on the distutils. Your users don't need to install or even know about setuptools in order to use them, and you don't have to include the entire setuptools package in your distributions.
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