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@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ script as follows:
\lineii{\%description (section)}{\option{long\_description}}
\end{tableii}
-Additionally, there many options in \file{.spec} files that don't have
+Additionally, there are many options in \file{.spec} files that don't have
corresponding options in the setup script. Most of these are handled
through options to the \command{bdist\_rpm} command as follows:
@@ -1737,6 +1737,8 @@ password: <password>
\chapter{Uploading Packages to the Package Index}
\label{package-upload}
+\versionadded{2.5}
+
The Python Package Index (PyPI) not only stores the package info, but also
the package data if the author of the package wishes to. The distutils
command \command{upload} pushes the distribution files to PyPI.
@@ -1754,8 +1756,21 @@ built using an earlier invocation of \file{setup.py}, but that only
distributions named on the command line for the invocation including
the \command{upload} command are uploaded.
-The \command{upload} command uses the username and password stored in
-the file \file{\$HOME/.pypirc}, see section~\ref{pypirc}.
+The \command{upload} command uses the username, password, and repository
+URL from the \file{\$HOME/.pypirc} file (see section~\ref{pypirc} for
+more on this file).
+
+You can use the \programopt{--sign} option to tell \command{upload} to
+sign each uploaded file using GPG (GNU Privacy Guard). The
+\program{gpg} program must be available for execution on the system
+\envvar{PATH}. You can also specify which key to use for signing
+using the \programopt{--identity=\var{name}} option.
+
+Other \command{upload} options include
+\programopt{--repository=\var{url}} (which lets you override the
+repository setting from \file{\$HOME/.pypirc}), and
+\programopt{--show-response} (which displays the full response text
+from the PyPI server for help in debugging upload problems).
\chapter{Examples}
\label{examples}