Thanks for posting this Erik. That's not a bad summary, and http://www.scotttorborg.com/python-packaging/index.html looks like an excellent resource.
We're currently trying to bring some order to the chaos, as described at http://python-notes.boredomandlaziness.org/en/latest/pep_ideas/core_packaging_api.html Our current status is that most of the key projects are being gathered under the "Python Packaging Authority" banner on Github and BitBucket. https://github.com/pypa * the original PyPA projects (pip and virtualenv) https://bitbucket.org/pypa/ * existing projects recently migrated to PyPA (distlib, pypi, pylauncher) * new (very incomplete) packaging guide for users * new (very incomplete) "working on packaging tools" meta-guide for contributors * the merged setuptools 0.7+ repo is also expected to live here once Jason declares it ready for public consumption My essay linked above should eventually migrate to the meta-guide, and Scott's guide would be a useful link from the user guide (while it's desirable to have a "default" tutorial, linking to others can also be helpful for cases where the main guide doesn't make sense to users). Once the user guide and meta guide are in a better state, we'll update the stdlib distutils docs with a reference to them as a guide to a more up to date packaging toolchain. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
