[BangPypers] Feb user group meeting
Ramdas S
ramdaz at gmail.com
Thu Mar 11 04:55:33 CET 2010
> >[..
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> Attached is the outline I used when talking about the packaging in Python.
>
>
> Packaging in Python
> ===================
>
> Author: Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>
> Date: 2010-03-11 01:04:42 IST
>
>
> Table of Contents
> =================
> 1 Terms
> 1.1 Top level libraries
> 1.2 Tools
> 1.3 Services
> 2 Problems with setuptools
> 3 Related tools
> 4 Reference materials
> 4.1 http://guide.python-distribute.org
> 4.2 Distutils docs
> 5 Upto date information
> 6 Helping out
>
>
> 1 Terms
> ========
>
> 1.1 Top level libraries
> ------------------------
> - Distutils : Standard library simple stuff
> - Setuptools : Massive improvements to setuptools by Philip Eby
> - Distribute : Fork of Setuptools by Tarek
> - Distutils2 : Nextgen distutils + setuptools for standard
> library (Python 3.3)
>
> 1.2 Tools
> ----------
> - easy_install : Installer which is part of setuptools (PJE)
> - pip : Next gen installer which will be part of
> distutils2 (Ian Bicking)
>
> 1.3 Services
> -------------
> - PyPI : CPAN for Python (Richard Jones[web] + Andrew
> Kuchling[metadata])
>
> 2 Problems with setuptools
> ===========================
> - Semi unmaintained.
> - No fast enough releases.
> - No Python 3 support
>
> 3 Related tools
> ================
> - Virtualenv
> - For private pools of packages which can be used for a projects
> - Ian Bicking's hack
> - Buildout
> - More heavy duty for complete isolated, repeatable installations
> - Extensible using recipes
>
> 4 Reference materials
> ======================
>
> 4.1 [http://guide.python-distribute.org]
> -----------------------------------------
> - Hitchhikers guide to packaging
> - [http://bitbucket.org/tarek/hitchhiker-guide-packaging/wiki/Home]
> to contribute.
> - [http://guide.python-distribute.org/history.html] for historical
> information
>
> 4.2 Distutils docs
> -------------------
> - [http://docs.python.org/library/distutils.html] (Greg Ward,
> Anthony Baxter)
>
>
> 5 Upto date information
> ========================
> - [http://twitter.com/packagingpig]
> - Why a pig?
>
> 6 Helping out
> ==============
> - Distutils2 : [https://bitbucket.org/tarek/distutils2/]
> - Distribute : [https://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute/]
> - HHG2P : [https://bitbucket.org/tarek/hitchhiker-guide-packaging/]
>
>
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