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Change keywords field to be comma separated
With a note about the change. Discussion on distutils-sig: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/distutils-sig@python.org/thread/LFTLGMIIB5PRG7NUUIGGGX4COGX53DMR/
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.. versionadded:: 1.0
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A list of additional keywords to be used to assist searching
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for the distribution in a larger catalog.
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A list of additional keywords, separated by commas, to be used to assist
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searching for the distribution in a larger catalog.
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Example::
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Keywords: dog puppy voting election
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Keywords: dog,puppy,voting,election
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.. note::
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The specification previously showed keywords separated by spaces,
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but distutils and setuptools implemented it with commas.
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These tools have been very widely used for many years, so it was
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easier to update the specification to match the de facto standard.
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