diff --git a/Doc/install/pysetup.rst b/Doc/install/pysetup.rst
index b88c8e1780f..08ba08ed2e5 100644
--- a/Doc/install/pysetup.rst
+++ b/Doc/install/pysetup.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ argument. ::
    Name:
        virtualenv
 
-   $ pysetup metadata virtualenv --all
+   $ pysetup metadata virtualenv
    Metadata-Version:
        1.0
    Name:
diff --git a/Doc/packaging/builtdist.rst b/Doc/packaging/builtdist.rst
index 3f3e7908445..b1e5e935514 100644
--- a/Doc/packaging/builtdist.rst
+++ b/Doc/packaging/builtdist.rst
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ The available formats for built distributions are:
 | ``gztar``   | gzipped tar file             | (1),(3) |
 |             | (:file:`.tar.gz`)            |         |
 +-------------+------------------------------+---------+
-| ``ztar``    | compressed tar file          | \(3)    |
-|             | (:file:`.tar.Z`)             |         |
-+-------------+------------------------------+---------+
 | ``tar``     | tar file (:file:`.tar`)      | \(3)    |
 +-------------+------------------------------+---------+
 | ``zip``     | zip file (:file:`.zip`)      | (2),(4) |
@@ -98,8 +95,8 @@ Notes:
    default on Windows
 
 (3)
-   requires external utilities: :program:`tar` and possibly one of :program:`gzip`,
-   :program:`bzip2`, or :program:`compress`
+   requires external utilities: :program:`tar` and possibly one of :program:`gzip`
+   or :program:`bzip2`
 
 (4)
    requires either external :program:`zip` utility or :mod:`zipfile` module (part
@@ -109,14 +106,14 @@ You don't have to use the :command:`bdist` command with the :option:`--formats`
 option; you can also use the command that directly implements the format you're
 interested in.  Some of these :command:`bdist` "sub-commands" actually generate
 several similar formats; for instance, the :command:`bdist_dumb` command
-generates all the "dumb" archive formats (``tar``, ``ztar``, ``gztar``, and
+generates all the "dumb" archive formats (``tar``, ``gztar``, and
 ``zip``).  The :command:`bdist` sub-commands, and the formats generated by
 each, are:
 
 +--------------------------+-----------------------+
 | Command                  | Formats               |
 +==========================+=======================+
-| :command:`bdist_dumb`    | tar, ztar, gztar, zip |
+| :command:`bdist_dumb`    | tar, gztar, zip       |
 +--------------------------+-----------------------+
 | :command:`bdist_wininst` | wininst               |
 +--------------------------+-----------------------+
diff --git a/Doc/packaging/sourcedist.rst b/Doc/packaging/sourcedist.rst
index 0cd4df3f815..2cedc15ea90 100644
--- a/Doc/packaging/sourcedist.rst
+++ b/Doc/packaging/sourcedist.rst
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ to create a gzipped tarball and a zip file.  The available formats are:
 | ``bztar`` | bzip2'ed tar file       |         |
 |           | (:file:`.tar.bz2`)      |         |
 +-----------+-------------------------+---------+
-| ``ztar``  | compressed tar file     | \(4)    |
-|           | (:file:`.tar.Z`)        |         |
-+-----------+-------------------------+---------+
 | ``tar``   | tar file (:file:`.tar`) |         |
 +-----------+-------------------------+---------+
 
@@ -50,11 +47,7 @@ Notes:
    requires either external :program:`zip` utility or :mod:`zipfile` module (part
    of the standard Python library since Python 1.6)
 
-(4)
-   requires the :program:`compress` program. Notice that this format is now
-   pending for deprecation and will be removed in the future versions of Python.
-
-When using any ``tar`` format (``gztar``, ``bztar``, ``ztar`` or
+When using any ``tar`` format (``gztar``, ``bztar`` or
 ``tar``) under Unix, you can specify the ``owner`` and ``group`` names
 that will be set for each member of the archive.
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index de3f2ed2a0c..6fdc5aa9c15 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ versions.
 
 (:issue:`12100`)
 
+crypt
+-----
+
+Addition of salf and modular crypt format to the :mod:`crypt` module.
+
+(:issue:`10924`)
+
 curses
 ------
 
@@ -184,7 +191,7 @@ in Python 3.2.
 sys
 ---
 
-* The :mod:`sys` module has a new :func:`~sys.thread_info` :term:`struct
+* The :mod:`sys` module has a new :data:`~sys.thread_info` :term:`struct
   sequence` holding informations about the thread implementation.
 
   (:issue:`11223`)
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py
index 170e8894616..1ab09d16163 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class bdist_dumb(Command):
         self.format = None
         self.keep_temp = 0
         self.dist_dir = None
-        self.skip_build = 0
+        self.skip_build = None
         self.relative = 0
 
     def finalize_options(self):
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ class bdist_dumb(Command):
 
         self.set_undefined_options('bdist',
                                    ('dist_dir', 'dist_dir'),
-                                   ('plat_name', 'plat_name'))
+                                   ('plat_name', 'plat_name'),
+                                   ('skip_build', 'skip_build'))
 
     def run(self):
         if not self.skip_build:
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py
index b11957a7dc4..b3cfe9ceff7 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py
@@ -130,18 +130,22 @@ class bdist_msi(Command):
         self.no_target_optimize = 0
         self.target_version = None
         self.dist_dir = None
-        self.skip_build = 0
+        self.skip_build = None
         self.install_script = None
         self.pre_install_script = None
         self.versions = None
 
     def finalize_options(self):
+        self.set_undefined_options('bdist', ('skip_build', 'skip_build'))
+
         if self.bdist_dir is None:
             bdist_base = self.get_finalized_command('bdist').bdist_base
             self.bdist_dir = os.path.join(bdist_base, 'msi')
+
         short_version = get_python_version()
         if (not self.target_version) and self.distribution.has_ext_modules():
             self.target_version = short_version
+
         if self.target_version:
             self.versions = [self.target_version]
             if not self.skip_build and self.distribution.has_ext_modules()\
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
index 52e34ec267c..959a8bf62ec 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
@@ -65,13 +65,15 @@ class bdist_wininst(Command):
         self.dist_dir = None
         self.bitmap = None
         self.title = None
-        self.skip_build = 0
+        self.skip_build = None
         self.install_script = None
         self.pre_install_script = None
         self.user_access_control = None
 
 
     def finalize_options(self):
+        self.set_undefined_options('bdist', ('skip_build', 'skip_build'))
+
         if self.bdist_dir is None:
             if self.skip_build and self.plat_name:
                 # If build is skipped and plat_name is overridden, bdist will
@@ -81,8 +83,10 @@ class bdist_wininst(Command):
                 # next the command will be initialized using that name
             bdist_base = self.get_finalized_command('bdist').bdist_base
             self.bdist_dir = os.path.join(bdist_base, 'wininst')
+
         if not self.target_version:
             self.target_version = ""
+
         if not self.skip_build and self.distribution.has_ext_modules():
             short_version = get_python_version()
             if self.target_version and self.target_version != short_version:
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist.py
index 94d40cc25b3..503a6e857df 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist.py
@@ -1,41 +1,47 @@
 """Tests for distutils.command.bdist."""
-import unittest
-import sys
 import os
-import tempfile
-import shutil
+import unittest
 from test.support import run_unittest
 
-from distutils.core import Distribution
 from distutils.command.bdist import bdist
 from distutils.tests import support
-from distutils.spawn import find_executable
-from distutils import spawn
-from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
+
 
 class BuildTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
                     unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_formats(self):
-
         # let's create a command and make sure
-        # we can fix the format
-        pkg_pth, dist = self.create_dist()
+        # we can set the format
+        dist = self.create_dist()[1]
         cmd = bdist(dist)
         cmd.formats = ['msi']
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
         self.assertEqual(cmd.formats, ['msi'])
 
-        # what format bdist offers ?
-        # XXX an explicit list in bdist is
-        # not the best way to  bdist_* commands
-        # we should add a registry
-        formats = ['rpm', 'zip', 'gztar', 'bztar', 'ztar',
-                   'tar', 'wininst', 'msi']
-        formats.sort()
-        founded = list(cmd.format_command.keys())
-        founded.sort()
-        self.assertEqual(founded, formats)
+        # what formats does bdist offer?
+        formats = ['bztar', 'gztar', 'msi', 'rpm', 'tar',
+                   'wininst', 'zip', 'ztar']
+        found = sorted(cmd.format_command)
+        self.assertEqual(found, formats)
+
+    def test_skip_build(self):
+        # bug #10946: bdist --skip-build should trickle down to subcommands
+        dist = self.create_dist()[1]
+        cmd = bdist(dist)
+        cmd.skip_build = 1
+        cmd.ensure_finalized()
+        dist.command_obj['bdist'] = cmd
+
+        names = ['bdist_dumb', 'bdist_wininst']  # bdist_rpm does not support --skip-build
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            names.append('bdist_msi')
+
+        for name in names:
+            subcmd = cmd.get_finalized_command(name)
+            self.assertTrue(subcmd.skip_build,
+                            '%s should take --skip-build from bdist' % name)
+
 
 def test_suite():
     return unittest.makeSuite(BuildTestCase)
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/command/__init__.py b/Lib/packaging/command/__init__.py
index 6a3785061b9..2b52190b013 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/command/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/command/__init__.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ _COMMANDS = {
     'upload': 'packaging.command.upload.upload',
     'upload_docs': 'packaging.command.upload_docs.upload_docs'}
 
+# XXX use OrderedDict to preserve the grouping (build-related, install-related,
+# distribution-related)
 STANDARD_COMMANDS = set(_COMMANDS)
 
 
@@ -48,9 +50,9 @@ def get_command_class(name):
     """Return the registered command"""
     try:
         cls = _COMMANDS[name]
-        if isinstance(cls, str):
-            cls = resolve_name(cls)
-            _COMMANDS[name] = cls
-        return cls
     except KeyError:
         raise PackagingModuleError("Invalid command %s" % name)
+    if isinstance(cls, str):
+        cls = resolve_name(cls)
+        _COMMANDS[name] = cls
+    return cls
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/command/bdist.py b/Lib/packaging/command/bdist.py
index e8c023dc072..b9d550b86b3 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/command/bdist.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/command/bdist.py
@@ -64,20 +64,18 @@ class bdist(Command):
                       'os2': 'zip'}
 
     # Establish the preferred order (for the --help-formats option).
-    format_commands = ['gztar', 'bztar', 'ztar', 'tar',
+    format_commands = ['gztar', 'bztar', 'tar',
                        'wininst', 'zip', 'msi']
 
     # And the real information.
     format_command = {'gztar': ('bdist_dumb', "gzip'ed tar file"),
                       'bztar': ('bdist_dumb', "bzip2'ed tar file"),
-                      'ztar':  ('bdist_dumb', "compressed tar file"),
                       'tar':   ('bdist_dumb', "tar file"),
                       'wininst': ('bdist_wininst',
                                   "Windows executable installer"),
                       'zip':   ('bdist_dumb', "ZIP file"),
-                      'msi':   ('bdist_msi',  "Microsoft Installer")
-                      }
-
+                      'msi':   ('bdist_msi',  "Microsoft Installer"),
+                     }
 
     def initialize_options(self):
         self.bdist_base = None
@@ -109,8 +107,9 @@ class bdist(Command):
             try:
                 self.formats = [self.default_format[os.name]]
             except KeyError:
-                raise PackagingPlatformError("don't know how to create built distributions " + \
-                      "on platform %s" % os.name)
+                raise PackagingPlatformError(
+                    "don't know how to create built distributions "
+                    "on platform %s" % os.name)
 
         if self.dist_dir is None:
             self.dist_dir = "dist"
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_dumb.py b/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_dumb.py
index f74b7209254..d5773f01a72 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_dumb.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_dumb.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from packaging.command.cmd import Command
 from packaging.errors import PackagingPlatformError
 from packaging import logger
 
+
 class bdist_dumb(Command):
 
     description = 'create a "dumb" built distribution'
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ class bdist_dumb(Command):
                      "platform name to embed in generated filenames "
                      "(default: %s)" % get_platform()),
                     ('format=', 'f',
-                     "archive format to create (tar, ztar, gztar, zip)"),
+                     "archive format to create (tar, gztar, zip)"),
                     ('keep-temp', 'k',
                      "keep the pseudo-installation tree around after " +
                      "creating the distribution archive"),
@@ -44,10 +45,9 @@ class bdist_dumb(Command):
 
     boolean_options = ['keep-temp', 'skip-build', 'relative']
 
-    default_format = { 'posix': 'gztar',
-                       'nt': 'zip',
-                       'os2': 'zip' }
-
+    default_format = {'posix': 'gztar',
+                      'nt': 'zip',
+                      'os2': 'zip'}
 
     def initialize_options(self):
         self.bdist_dir = None
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class bdist_dumb(Command):
         self.format = None
         self.keep_temp = False
         self.dist_dir = None
-        self.skip_build = False
+        self.skip_build = None
         self.relative = False
         self.owner = None
         self.group = None
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ class bdist_dumb(Command):
             try:
                 self.format = self.default_format[os.name]
             except KeyError:
-                raise PackagingPlatformError(("don't know how to create dumb built distributions " +
-                       "on platform %s") % os.name)
+                raise PackagingPlatformError(
+                    "don't know how to create dumb built distributions "
+                    "on platform %s" % os.name)
 
-        self.set_undefined_options('bdist', 'dist_dir', 'plat_name')
+        self.set_undefined_options('bdist',
+                                   'dist_dir', 'plat_name', 'skip_build')
 
     def run(self):
         if not self.skip_build:
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_msi.py b/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_msi.py
index 493f8b34e34..eaeb458a8fc 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_msi.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_msi.py
@@ -139,18 +139,22 @@ class bdist_msi(Command):
         self.no_target_optimize = False
         self.target_version = None
         self.dist_dir = None
-        self.skip_build = False
+        self.skip_build = None
         self.install_script = None
         self.pre_install_script = None
         self.versions = None
 
     def finalize_options(self):
+        self.set_undefined_options('bdist', 'skip_build')
+
         if self.bdist_dir is None:
             bdist_base = self.get_finalized_command('bdist').bdist_base
             self.bdist_dir = os.path.join(bdist_base, 'msi')
+
         short_version = get_python_version()
         if (not self.target_version) and self.distribution.has_ext_modules():
             self.target_version = short_version
+
         if self.target_version:
             self.versions = [self.target_version]
             if not self.skip_build and self.distribution.has_ext_modules()\
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_wininst.py
index dbb74eaeadb..7dbb39b3117 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_wininst.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/command/bdist_wininst.py
@@ -67,13 +67,15 @@ class bdist_wininst(Command):
         self.dist_dir = None
         self.bitmap = None
         self.title = None
-        self.skip_build = False
+        self.skip_build = None
         self.install_script = None
         self.pre_install_script = None
         self.user_access_control = None
 
 
     def finalize_options(self):
+        self.set_undefined_options('bdist', 'skip_build')
+
         if self.bdist_dir is None:
             if self.skip_build and self.plat_name:
                 # If build is skipped and plat_name is overridden, bdist will
@@ -83,8 +85,10 @@ class bdist_wininst(Command):
                 # next the command will be initialized using that name
             bdist_base = self.get_finalized_command('bdist').bdist_base
             self.bdist_dir = os.path.join(bdist_base, 'wininst')
+
         if not self.target_version:
             self.target_version = ""
+
         if not self.skip_build and self.distribution.has_ext_modules():
             short_version = get_python_version()
             if self.target_version and self.target_version != short_version:
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/command/build_ext.py b/Lib/packaging/command/build_ext.py
index b0c3f16e836..c16b116afdd 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/command/build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/command/build_ext.py
@@ -606,8 +606,7 @@ class build_ext(Command):
                 template = "python%d%d"
                 if self.debug:
                     template = template + '_d'
-                pythonlib = (template %
-                       (sys.hexversion >> 24, (sys.hexversion >> 16) & 0xff))
+                pythonlib = template % sys.version_info[:2]
                 # don't extend ext.libraries, it may be shared with other
                 # extensions, it is a reference to the original list
                 return ext.libraries + [pythonlib]
@@ -621,22 +620,19 @@ class build_ext(Command):
             # not at this time - AIM Apr01
             #if self.debug:
             #    template = template + '_d'
-            pythonlib = (template %
-                   (sys.hexversion >> 24, (sys.hexversion >> 16) & 0xff))
+            pythonlib = template % sys.version_info[:2]
             # don't extend ext.libraries, it may be shared with other
             # extensions, it is a reference to the original list
             return ext.libraries + [pythonlib]
         elif sys.platform[:6] == "cygwin":
             template = "python%d.%d"
-            pythonlib = (template %
-                   (sys.hexversion >> 24, (sys.hexversion >> 16) & 0xff))
+            pythonlib = template % sys.version_info[:2]
             # don't extend ext.libraries, it may be shared with other
             # extensions, it is a reference to the original list
             return ext.libraries + [pythonlib]
         elif sys.platform[:6] == "atheos":
             template = "python%d.%d"
-            pythonlib = (template %
-                   (sys.hexversion >> 24, (sys.hexversion >> 16) & 0xff))
+            pythonlib = template % sys.version_info[:2]
             # Get SHLIBS from Makefile
             extra = []
             for lib in sysconfig.get_config_var('SHLIBS').split():
@@ -654,9 +650,8 @@ class build_ext(Command):
 
         else:
             if sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
-                pythonlib = 'python{}.{}{}'.format(
-                    sys.hexversion >> 24, (sys.hexversion >> 16) & 0xff,
-                    sys.abiflags)
+                template = 'python%d%d' + sys.abiflags
+                pythonlib = template % sys.version_info[:2]
                 return ext.libraries + [pythonlib]
             else:
                 return ext.libraries
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/dist.py b/Lib/packaging/dist.py
index 7b431acc8b6..f1441d14cb8 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/dist.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/dist.py
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-"""Class representing the distribution being built/installed/etc."""
+"""Class representing the project being built/installed/etc."""
 
 import os
 import re
 
+from packaging import logger
+from packaging.util import strtobool, resolve_name
+from packaging.config import Config
 from packaging.errors import (PackagingOptionError, PackagingArgError,
                               PackagingModuleError, PackagingClassError)
-from packaging.fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt
-from packaging.util import strtobool, resolve_name
-from packaging import logger
-from packaging.metadata import Metadata
-from packaging.config import Config
 from packaging.command import get_command_class, STANDARD_COMMANDS
+from packaging.command.cmd import Command
+from packaging.metadata import Metadata
+from packaging.fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt
 
 # Regex to define acceptable Packaging command names.  This is not *quite*
-# the same as a Python NAME -- I don't allow leading underscores.  The fact
-# that they're very similar is no coincidence; the default naming scheme is
+# the same as a Python name -- leading underscores are not allowed.  The fact
+# that they're very similar is no coincidence: the default naming scheme is
 # to look for a Python module named after the command.
 command_re = re.compile(r'^[a-zA-Z]([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)$')
 
@@ -32,22 +33,16 @@ def gen_usage(script_name):
 
 
 class Distribution:
-    """The core of the Packaging.  Most of the work hiding behind 'setup'
-    is really done within a Distribution instance, which farms the work out
-    to the Packaging commands specified on the command line.
+    """Class used to represent a project and work with it.
 
-    Setup scripts will almost never instantiate Distribution directly,
-    unless the 'setup()' function is totally inadequate to their needs.
-    However, it is conceivable that a setup script might wish to subclass
-    Distribution for some specialized purpose, and then pass the subclass
-    to 'setup()' as the 'distclass' keyword argument.  If so, it is
-    necessary to respect the expectations that 'setup' has of Distribution.
-    See the code for 'setup()', in run.py, for details.
+    Most of the work hiding behind 'pysetup run' is really done within a
+    Distribution instance, which farms the work out to the commands
+    specified on the command line.
     """
 
     # 'global_options' describes the command-line options that may be
     # supplied to the setup script prior to any actual commands.
-    # Eg. "pysetup -n" or "pysetup --dry-run" both take advantage of
+    # Eg. "pysetup run -n" or "pysetup run --dry-run" both take advantage of
     # these global options.  This list should be kept to a bare minimum,
     # since every global option is also valid as a command option -- and we
     # don't want to pollute the commands with too many options that they
@@ -63,55 +58,14 @@ class Distribution:
     common_usage = """\
 Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
 
-  pysetup run build      will build the package underneath 'build/'
-  pysetup run install    will install the package
+  pysetup run build      will build the project underneath 'build/'
+  pysetup run install    will install the project
 """
 
     # options that are not propagated to the commands
     display_options = [
         ('help-commands', None,
          "list all available commands"),
-        # XXX this is obsoleted by the pysetup metadata action
-        ('name', None,
-         "print package name"),
-        ('version', 'V',
-         "print package version"),
-        ('fullname', None,
-         "print <package name>-<version>"),
-        ('author', None,
-         "print the author's name"),
-        ('author-email', None,
-         "print the author's email address"),
-        ('maintainer', None,
-         "print the maintainer's name"),
-        ('maintainer-email', None,
-         "print the maintainer's email address"),
-        ('contact', None,
-         "print the maintainer's name if known, else the author's"),
-        ('contact-email', None,
-         "print the maintainer's email address if known, else the author's"),
-        ('url', None,
-         "print the URL for this package"),
-        ('license', None,
-         "print the license of the package"),
-        ('licence', None,
-         "alias for --license"),
-        ('description', None,
-         "print the package description"),
-        ('long-description', None,
-         "print the long package description"),
-        ('platforms', None,
-         "print the list of platforms"),
-        ('classifier', None,
-         "print the list of classifiers"),
-        ('keywords', None,
-         "print the list of keywords"),
-        ('provides', None,
-         "print the list of packages/modules provided"),
-        ('requires', None,
-         "print the list of packages/modules required"),
-        ('obsoletes', None,
-         "print the list of packages/modules made obsolete"),
         ('use-2to3', None,
          "use 2to3 to make source python 3.x compatible"),
         ('convert-2to3-doctests', None,
@@ -347,7 +301,6 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
         self.commands = []
         parser = FancyGetopt(toplevel_options + self.display_options)
         parser.set_negative_aliases(self.negative_opt)
-        parser.set_aliases({'licence': 'license'})
         args = parser.getopt(args=self.script_args, object=self)
         option_order = parser.get_option_order()
 
@@ -372,7 +325,7 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
                             commands=self.commands)
             return
 
-        return 1
+        return True
 
     def _get_toplevel_options(self):
         """Return the non-display options recognized at the top level.
@@ -496,13 +449,10 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
 
         If 'global_options' is true, lists the global options:
         --dry-run, etc.  If 'display_options' is true, lists
-        the "display-only" options: --name, --version, etc.  Finally,
+        the "display-only" options: --help-commands.  Finally,
         lists per-command help for every command name or command class
         in 'commands'.
         """
-        # late import because of mutual dependence between these modules
-        from packaging.command.cmd import Command
-
         if global_options:
             if display_options:
                 options = self._get_toplevel_options()
@@ -536,9 +486,8 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
 
     def handle_display_options(self, option_order):
         """If there were any non-global "display-only" options
-        (--help-commands or the metadata display options) on the command
-        line, display the requested info and return true; else return
-        false.
+        (--help-commands) on the command line, display the requested info and
+        return true; else return false.
         """
         # User just wants a list of commands -- we'll print it out and stop
         # processing now (ie. if they ran "setup --help-commands foo bar",
@@ -547,7 +496,7 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
             self.print_commands()
             print()
             print(gen_usage(self.script_name))
-            return 1
+            return True
 
         # If user supplied any of the "display metadata" options, then
         # display that metadata in the order in which the user supplied the
@@ -628,18 +577,17 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
         """
         cmd_obj = self.command_obj.get(command)
         if not cmd_obj and create:
-            logger.debug("Distribution.get_command_obj(): " \
+            logger.debug("Distribution.get_command_obj(): "
                          "creating %r command object", command)
 
             cls = get_command_class(command)
             cmd_obj = self.command_obj[command] = cls(self)
             self.have_run[command] = 0
 
-            # Set any options that were supplied in config files
-            # or on the command line.  (NB. support for error
-            # reporting is lame here: any errors aren't reported
-            # until 'finalize_options()' is called, which means
-            # we won't report the source of the error.)
+            # Set any options that were supplied in config files or on the
+            # command line.  (XXX support for error reporting is suboptimal
+            # here: errors aren't reported until finalize_options is called,
+            # which means we won't report the source of the error.)
             options = self.command_options.get(command)
             if options:
                 self._set_command_options(cmd_obj, options)
@@ -707,7 +655,6 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
 
         Returns the reinitialized command object.
         """
-        from packaging.command.cmd import Command
         if not isinstance(command, Command):
             command_name = command
             command = self.get_command_obj(command_name)
@@ -716,6 +663,7 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
 
         if not command.finalized:
             return command
+
         command.initialize_options()
         self.have_run[command_name] = 0
         command.finalized = False
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/run.py b/Lib/packaging/run.py
index 8e117ed36b7..5b335831faf 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/run.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/run.py
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ positional arguments:
 """
 
 metadata_usage = """\
-Usage: pysetup metadata [dist] [-f field ...]
-   or: pysetup metadata [dist] [--all]
+Usage: pysetup metadata [dist]
+   or: pysetup metadata [dist] [-f field ...]
    or: pysetup metadata --help
 
 Print metadata for the distribution.
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ positional arguments:
    dist  installed distribution name
 
 optional arguments:
-   -f     metadata field to print
-   --all  print all metadata fields
+   -f     metadata field to print; omit to get all fields
 """
 
 remove_usage = """\
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@ def _install(dispatcher, args, **kw):
 
 @action_help(metadata_usage)
 def _metadata(dispatcher, args, **kw):
-    opts = _parse_args(args[1:], 'f:', ['all'])
+    opts = _parse_args(args[1:], 'f:', [])
     if opts['args']:
         name = opts['args'][0]
         dist = get_distribution(name, use_egg_info=True)
@@ -269,13 +268,10 @@ def _metadata(dispatcher, args, **kw):
 
     metadata = dist.metadata
 
-    if 'all' in opts:
-        keys = metadata.keys()
+    if 'f' in opts:
+        keys = (k for k in opts['f'] if k in metadata)
     else:
-        if 'f' in opts:
-            keys = (k for k in opts['f'] if k in metadata)
-        else:
-            keys = ()
+        keys = metadata.keys()
 
     for key in keys:
         if key in metadata:
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist.py b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist.py
index 1522b7e2142..dd101883914 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 """Tests for distutils.command.bdist."""
-
-from packaging import util
+import os
 from packaging.command.bdist import bdist, show_formats
-
 from packaging.tests import unittest, support, captured_stdout
 
 
@@ -10,55 +8,38 @@ class BuildTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
                     support.LoggingCatcher,
                     unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def _mock_get_platform(self):
-        self._get_platform_called = True
-        return self._get_platform()
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(BuildTestCase, self).setUp()
-
-        # mock util.get_platform
-        self._get_platform_called = False
-        self._get_platform = util.get_platform
-        util.get_platform = self._mock_get_platform
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        super(BuildTestCase, self).tearDown()
-        util.get_platform = self._get_platform
-
     def test_formats(self):
-
         # let's create a command and make sure
-        # we can fix the format
-        pkg_pth, dist = self.create_dist()
+        # we can set the format
+        dist = self.create_dist()[1]
         cmd = bdist(dist)
         cmd.formats = ['msi']
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
         self.assertEqual(cmd.formats, ['msi'])
 
-        # what format bdist offers ?
-        # XXX an explicit list in bdist is
-        # not the best way to  bdist_* commands
-        # we should add a registry
-        formats = sorted(('zip', 'gztar', 'bztar', 'ztar',
-                          'tar', 'wininst', 'msi'))
+        # what formats does bdist offer?
+        # XXX hard-coded lists are not the best way to find available bdist_*
+        # commands; we should add a registry
+        formats = ['bztar', 'gztar', 'msi', 'tar', 'wininst', 'zip']
         found = sorted(cmd.format_command)
         self.assertEqual(found, formats)
 
     def test_skip_build(self):
-        pkg_pth, dist = self.create_dist()
-        cmd = bdist(dist)
-        cmd.skip_build = False
-        cmd.formats = ['ztar']
-        cmd.ensure_finalized()
-        self.assertFalse(self._get_platform_called)
-
-        pkg_pth, dist = self.create_dist()
+        # bug #10946: bdist --skip-build should trickle down to subcommands
+        dist = self.create_dist()[1]
         cmd = bdist(dist)
         cmd.skip_build = True
-        cmd.formats = ['ztar']
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
-        self.assertTrue(self._get_platform_called)
+        dist.command_obj['bdist'] = cmd
+
+        names = ['bdist_dumb', 'bdist_wininst']
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            names.append('bdist_msi')
+
+        for name in names:
+            subcmd = cmd.get_finalized_command(name)
+            self.assertTrue(subcmd.skip_build,
+                            '%s should take --skip-build from bdist' % name)
 
     def test_show_formats(self):
         __, stdout = captured_stdout(show_formats)
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist_dumb.py b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist_dumb.py
index 25f3276b0c8..cc03fa53c68 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist_dumb.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_bdist_dumb.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class BuildDumbTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
 
         dist = Distribution({'name': 'foo', 'version': '0.1',
                              'py_modules': ['foo'],
-                             'url': 'xxx', 'author': 'xxx',
+                             'home-page': 'xxx', 'author': 'xxx',
                              'author_email': 'xxx'})
         os.chdir(pkg_dir)
         cmd = bdist_dumb(dist)
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_register.py b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_register.py
index 183f84e3152..9c64e2dd29a 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_register.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_register.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class RegisterTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
 
     def _get_cmd(self, metadata=None):
         if metadata is None:
-            metadata = {'url': 'xxx', 'author': 'xxx',
+            metadata = {'home-page': 'xxx', 'author': 'xxx',
                         'author_email': 'xxx',
                         'name': 'xxx', 'version': 'xxx'}
         pkg_info, dist = self.create_dist(**metadata)
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_sdist.py b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_sdist.py
index bcaa63087ae..ddc6bf7039e 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_command_sdist.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class SDistTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         """Returns a cmd"""
         if metadata is None:
             metadata = {'name': 'fake', 'version': '1.0',
-                        'url': 'xxx', 'author': 'xxx',
+                        'home_page': 'xxx', 'author': 'xxx',
                         'author_email': 'xxx'}
         dist = Distribution(metadata)
         dist.packages = ['somecode']
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_dist.py b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_dist.py
index 01a11caa4c5..1d78fa9b986 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_dist.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_dist.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class DistributionTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         Distribution(attrs={'author': 'xxx',
                             'name': 'xxx',
                             'version': '1.2',
-                            'url': 'xxxx',
+                            'home-page': 'xxxx',
                             'badoptname': 'xxx'})
         logs = self.get_logs(logging.WARNING)
         self.assertEqual(1, len(logs))
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class DistributionTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         Distribution(attrs={'author': 'xxx',
                             'name': 'xxx',
                             'version': 'xxx',
-                            'url': 'xxxx'})
+                            'home-page': 'xxxx'})
         logs = self.get_logs(logging.WARNING)
         self.assertEqual(1, len(logs))
         self.assertIn('not a valid version', logs[0])
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class DistributionTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         Distribution(attrs={'author': 'xxx',
                             'name': 'xxx',
                             'version': '1.2',
-                            'url': 'xxxx',
+                            'home-page': 'xxxx',
                             'options': {}})
 
         self.assertEqual([], self.get_logs(logging.WARNING))
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class DistributionTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         dist = Distribution(attrs={'author': 'xxx',
                                    'name': 'xxx',
                                    'version': 'xxx',
-                                   'url': 'xxxx',
+                                   'home-page': 'xxxx',
                                    'options': {'sdist': {'owner': 'root'}}})
 
         self.assertIn('owner', dist.get_option_dict('sdist'))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 93ee402edd5..fc9d65c57af 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #10946: The distutils commands bdist_dumb, bdist_wininst and bdist_msi
+  now respect a --skip-build option given to bdist.  The packaging commands
+  were fixed too.
+
 - Issue #12847: Fix a crash with negative PUT and LONG_BINPUT arguments in
   the C pickle implementation.