[Checkins] SVN: zc.buildout/branches/gary-support-system-python/CHANGES.txt update CHANGES

[Gary Poster]

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--- zc.buildout/branches/gary-support-system-python/CHANGES.txt	2009-07-11 16:49:15 UTC (rev 101821)
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 Change History
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+1.4.0 (unreleased)
+==================
+
+- Support and bugfixes for using a system Python with buildout.
+
+  In all of these descriptions, "site-packages" is an imprecise term for a
+  precise definition: the packages that are added by the Python's site.py.
+  Practically, this is the difference of the set of paths normally used by
+  Python minus those used when Python is started with the -S flag.
+
+  * A new boolean option, 'include-site-packages', includes or excludes site
+    packages from finding requirements, and from generated scripts.
+    zc.buildout's own buildout.cfg dogfoods this option.
+
+  * Script generation pushes dependency paths that are in site-packages to
+    the end of the dependency paths in sys.path (but, as before, these are
+    still before extra paths, the standard library, and the rest of the
+    site-package paths).
+
+  * Fix an error when at least two dependencies were in a shared location like
+    site-packages, and the first one met the "versions" setting.  The first
+    dependency would be added, but subsequent dependencies from the same
+    location (e.g., site-packages) would use the version of the package found
+    in the shared location, ignoring the version setting.
+
+- The generated interpreter scripts now have a few more similarities to a
+  real Python interpreter.
+  
+  * __file__ is set correctly for executed files.
+  
+  * -c incorporates all subsequent arguments as part of the command.
+  
+  * -V returns the version.
+  
+  * -S causes the script to not modify the standard path (for tests)
+
+- Improve bootstrap.
+
+  * New options let you specify where to find ez_setup.py and where to find
+    a download cache.  These options can keep bootstrap from going over the
+    network.
+    
+  * Another new option lets you specify where to put generated eggs.
+
+  * The buildout script generated by bootstrap honors more of the settings
+    in the designated configuration file (e.g., buildout.cfg).
+
 1.3.0 (2009-06-22)
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