BLD: add build_dist.sh script

Author: jreback

build_dist.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# build the distribution
+LAST=`git tag --sort v:refname | grep -v rc | tail -1`
+
+echo "Building distribution for: $LAST"
+git checkout $LAST
+
+read -p "Ok to continue (y/n)? " answer
+case ${answer:0:1} in
+    y|Y )
+        echo "Building distribution"
+        python setup.py clean
+        python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+        python setup.py sdist --formats=zip,gztar
+    ;;
+    * )
+        echo "Not building distribution"
+    ;;
+esac