# distutils and setuptools (paver.setuputils)

Paver makes it very easy to use and extend Python’s standard distribution mechanisms. The Getting Started Guide has a useful example of moving from distutils and setuptools to Paver.

Integrates distutils/setuptools with Paver.

`paver.setuputils.``find_package_data`(where='.', package='', exclude=('*.py', '*.pyc', '*~', '.*', '*.bak', '*.swp*'), exclude_directories=('.*', 'CVS', '_darcs', './build', './dist', 'EGG-INFO', '*.egg-info'), only_in_packages=True, show_ignored=False)

  Return a dictionary suitable for use in `package_data` in a distutils `setup.py` file.

  The dictionary looks like:

      {'package': [files]}

  Where `files` is a list of all the files in that package that don’t match anything in `exclude`.

  If `only_in_packages` is true, then top-level directories that are not packages won’t be included (but directories under packages will).

  Directories matching any pattern in `exclude_directories` will be ignored; by default directories with leading `.`, `CVS`, and `_darcs` will be ignored.

  If `show_ignored` is true, then all the files that aren’t included in package data are shown on stderr (for debugging purposes).

  Note patterns use wildcards, or can be exact paths (including leading `./`), and all searching is case-insensitive.

  This function is by Ian Bicking.

`paver.setuputils.``install_distutils_tasks`()

  Makes distutils and setuptools commands available as Paver tasks.

`paver.setuputils.``setup`(**kw)

  Updates options.setup with the keyword arguments provided, and installs the distutils tasks for this pavement. You can use paver.setuputils.setup as a direct replacement for the distutils.core.setup or setuptools.setup in a traditional setup.py.