From de812f2c2c3ec7f3e7510cae19652dc1197a1b65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Clark Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:44:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Nod to elro's explanation to image-sig re: setuptools-compat --- README.txt | 23 ++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 26050f525..d009c37b8 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,13 +1,22 @@ Pillow ====== -Pillow is a "friendly" fork of the Python Imaging Library. The goal is to see -if any improvement can be made to the packaging situation(*) by opening up -development to the "public" and exploring the problem within the fork. +Pillow is a "friendly" PIL fork. PIL is the Python Imaging Library. -Please email: aclark@aclark.net if you'd like to help, or complain. +Introduction +------------ -(*) PIL aims to support the 'import Image' statement which will fail whenever -there is another 'Image' module in the top level namespace. +The author's goal is to foster packaging improvements by publicizing +development and exploring packaging problems within the fork. -For PIL's README, check out PIL.txt +Explanation +----------- + +PIL is currently not setuptools compatible. See: +http://mail.python.org/pipermail/image-sig/2010-August/006480.html for a +detailed explanation. + +Python Imaging Library +---------------------- + +For PIL's README, please see PIL.txt