Setuptools

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* Distribute 183: Symlinked files are now extracted from source distributions.
* Distribute 227: Easy_install fetch parameters are now passed during the
installation of a source distribution; now fulfillment of setup_requires
dependencies will honor the parameters passed to easy_install.

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* Distribute 258: Workaround a cache issue
* Distribute 260: distribute_setup.py now accepts the --user parameter for
Python 2.6 and later.
* Distribute 262: package_index.open_with_auth no longer throws LookupError
on Python 3.
* Distribute 269: AttributeError when an exception occurs reading Manifest.in
on late releases of Python.
* Distribute 272: Prevent TypeError when namespace package names are unicode
and single-install-externally-managed is used. Also fixes PIP issue
449.
* Distribute 273: Legacy script launchers now install with Python2/3 support.

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* Distribute 249: Added options to exclude 2to3 fixers

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* Distribute 244: Fixed a test
* Distribute 243: Fixed a test
* Distribute 239: Fixed a test
* Distribute 240: Fixed a test
* Distribute 241: Fixed a test
* Distribute 237: Fixed a test
* Distribute 238: easy_install now uses 64bit executable wrappers on 64bit Python
* Distribute 208: Fixed parsed_versions, it now honors post-releases as noted in the documentation
* Distribute 207: Windows cli and gui wrappers pass CTRL-C to child python process
* Distribute 227: easy_install now passes its arguments to setup.py bdist_egg
* Distribute 225: Fixed a NameError on Python 2.5, 2.4

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* Distribute 225: FIxed a regression on py2.4

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* Distribute 135: Include url in warning when processing URLs in package_index.
* Distribute 212: Fix issue where easy_instal fails on Python 3 on windows installer.
* Distribute 213: Fix typo in documentation.