What's gives with Activestate?

[Martijn Faassen]

Konrad Hinsen <hinsen at cnrs-orleans.fr> wrote:
> "Stephen R. Figgins" <fig at oreilly.com> writes:

>> One complaint I often hear about Python is that it has no CPAN like
>> module repository.  
>> 
>> So, who all is working on this?  Is this an appropriate item for a sig?
>> I would love to get involved with other working to make this happen. 

> Perhaps the DistUtils SIG would be a good starting point; after all, a
> standard distribution tool like DistUtils is almost a prerequisite for
> standardized module distribution. Of course the logistics of implementing
> servers is a separate task, but it should interest the same people.

Agreed. Once the distutils are deemed mature enough, I think the best
plan would be to have the Vaults of Parnassus join forces with some Zope 
hackers to revamp it for distutils and zopify it. Starting point would be
the Distutils SIG, though.

Regards,

Martijn
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