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.. _changes:
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History
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.. include:: ../CHANGES (links).rst
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Credits
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* The original design for the ``.egg`` format and the ``pkg_resources`` API was
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co-created by Phillip Eby and Bob Ippolito. Bob also implemented the first
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version of ``pkg_resources``, and supplied the OS X operating system version
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compatibility algorithm.
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* Ian Bicking implemented many early "creature comfort" features of
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easy_install, including support for downloading via Sourceforge and
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Subversion repositories. Ian's comments on the Web-SIG about WSGI
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application deployment also inspired the concept of "entry points" in eggs,
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and he has given talks at PyCon and elsewhere to inform and educate the
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community about eggs and setuptools.
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* Jim Fulton contributed time and effort to build automated tests of various
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aspects of ``easy_install``, and supplied the doctests for the command-line
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``.exe`` wrappers on Windows.
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* Phillip J. Eby is the seminal author of setuptools, and
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first proposed the idea of an importable binary distribution format for
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Python application plug-ins.
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* Significant parts of the implementation of setuptools were funded by the Open
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Source Applications Foundation, to provide a plug-in infrastructure for the
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Chandler PIM application. In addition, many OSAF staffers (such as Mike
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"Code Bear" Taylor) contributed their time and stress as guinea pigs for the
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use of eggs and setuptools, even before eggs were "cool". (Thanks, guys!)
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* Tarek Ziadé is the principal author of the Distribute fork, which
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re-invigorated the community on the project, encouraged renewed innovation,
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and addressed many defects.
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* Since the merge with Distribute, Jason R. Coombs is the
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maintainer of setuptools. The project is maintained in coordination with
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the Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) and the larger Python community.
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