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What is it?

Distlib is a library which implements low-level functions that relate to packaging and distribution of Python software. It is intended to be used as the basis for third-party packaging tools. The documentation is available at

https://distlib.readthedocs.io/

Main features

Distlib currently offers the following features:

  • The package distlib.database, which implements a database of installed distributions, as defined by PEP 376, and distribution dependency graph logic. Support is also provided for non-installed distributions (i.e. distributions registered with metadata on an index like PyPI), including the ability to scan for dependencies and building dependency graphs.

  • The package distlib.index, which implements an interface to perform operations on an index, such as registering a project, uploading a distribution or uploading documentation. Support is included for verifying SSL connections (with domain matching) and signing/verifying packages using GnuPG.

  • The package distlib.metadata, which implements distribution metadata as defined by PEP 643, PEP 566, PEP 345, PEP 314 and PEP 241.

  • The package distlib.markers, which implements environment markers as defined by PEP 508.

  • The package distlib.manifest, which implements lists of files used in packaging source distributions.

  • The package distlib.locators, which allows finding distributions, whether on PyPI (XML-RPC or via the “simple” interface), local directories or some other source.

  • The package distlib.resources, which allows access to data files stored in Python packages, both in the file system and in .zip files.

  • The package distlib.scripts, which allows installing of scripts with adjustment of shebang lines and support for native Windows executable launchers.

  • The package distlib.version, which implements version specifiers as defined by PEP 440, but also support for working with “legacy” versions and semantic versions.

  • The package distlib.wheel, which provides support for building and installing from the Wheel format for binary distributions (see PEP 427).

  • The package distlib.util, which contains miscellaneous functions and classes which are useful in packaging, but which do not fit neatly into one of the other packages in distlib.* The package implements enhanced globbing functionality such as the ability to use ** in patterns to specify recursing into subdirectories.

Python version and platform compatibility

Distlib is intended to be used on and is tested on Python versions 2.7 and 3.6 - 3.10, pypy-2.7 and pypy3 on Linux, Windows, and macOS.

Project status

The project has reached a mature status in its development: there is a comprehensive test suite and it has been exercised on Windows, Ubuntu and macOS. The project is used by well-known projects such as pip and caniusepython3.

This project was migrated from Mercurial to Git and from BitBucket to GitHub, and although all information of importance has been retained across the migration, some commit references in issues and issue comments may have become invalid.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the distlib project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the PyPA Code of Conduct.

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