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Toydist is an experimental alternative packaging tool for python, grown up from my frustration with distutils and related tool (setuptools/easy_install/etc…).

The main goals are simplicity, hackability and easy integration with 3rd party tools (including native packaging tools like deb/rpm/etc… and advanced build tools like scons or waf). The following features are currently supported:

• Simple declarative file to describe a package
• Clear separation between package description, build and install
• Experimental conversion from existing setup.py files
• Experimental egg creation, without relying on any setuptools code