[Distutils] [Python Language Summit] Distutils / Packaging survey

[david.lyon at preisshare.net]

>> I'd like to make a radical suggestion: upstream authors should never
>> have to worry about building distribution blobs.
> 
> that you think it is radical is quite saying about the state of affairs
> in python IMHO :) For me, it is obvious that the upstream author should
> not have to worry about debian if he is not producing .deb. The problem
> is just that today, we make it much harder for packagers than it needs
> to be.

Can I add my 2c...

Sometimes it is easier under linux to get an operating system python
package (from debian for example) installed than it is to get a pure python
package...

That seems very wrong to me.....

So I am agreeing...

What can we do to fix this?