README snippet

Author: dralley

README.md

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 Without git revision specified HEAD is used.
 
+## Build Python package
+
+To create a binary "wheel" distribution, use:
+
+    python setup.py bdist_wheel
+
+To create a source distribution, use:
+
+    python setup.py sdist
+
+Source distributions require the installer of the package to have all of the build dependencies installed on their system, since they compile the code during installation. Binary distributions are pre-compiled, but they are likely not portable between substantially different systems, e.g. Fedora and Ubuntu.
+
+To install either of these packages, use:
+
+    pip install dist/{{ package name }}
+
+To create an "editable" install of createrepo_c, use:
+
+    python setup.py develop
+
+Note: To recompile the libraries and binaries, you muse re-run this command.
+
+
 ## Build RPM package
 
 Modify createrepo_c.spec and run: