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-This directory contains only a subset of the Distutils, specifically the
-Python modules in the 'distutils' and 'distutils.command' packages.
-Technically, this is all you need to distribute and install Python modules
-using the Distutils.  Most people will want some documentation and other
-help, though.  Currently, everything can be found at the Distutils web page:
+This directory contains only a subset of the Distutils, specifically
+the Python modules in the 'distutils' and 'distutils.command'
+packages.  This is all you need to distribute and install Python
+modules using the Distutils.  There is also a separately packaged
+standalone version of the Distutils available for people who want to
+upgrade the Distutils without upgrading Python, available from the
+Distutils web page:
 
     http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/
 
-From there you can access the latest documentation, or download a standalone
-Distutils release that includes all the code in this directory, plus
-documentation, test scripts, examples, etc.
+The standalone version includes all of the code in this directory,
+plus documentation, test scripts, examples, etc.
 
-The Distutils documentation isn't yet part of the standard Python
-documentation set, but will be soon.
+The Distutils documentation is divided into two documents, "Installing
+Python Modules", which explains how to install Python packages, and
+"Distributing Python Modules", which explains how to write setup.py
+files.  Both documents are part of the standard Python documentation
+set, and are available from http://www.python.org/doc/current/ .
 
         Greg Ward (gward@python.net)