Curdling: Concurrent package installer for python

[Terry Reedy]

On 10/28/2013 5:13 PM, Lincoln Clarete wrote:
> I've been working on a project called curdling. It's a package manager
> for python. It's pretty similar to pip but with a brand new design and
> way less lines of code. It uses exciting concurrency technology to
> provide a reliable and fast installer for Python packages.
>
> The current feature set includes:
>
>   * Robust Concurrent model: it’s FAST!
>   * Really good Error Handling and Report;
>   * Conflict resolution for repeated requirements;
>   * Distributed Cache System that includes a built-in cache server;
>   * Simple command line interface;
>   * Usage of bleeding edge technology available in the Python community;
>   * Concurrent and Parallel, but Ctrl-C still works;
>
> It's currently a work in progress but I'm pretty excited about its
> stability and performance. There's a good amount of documentation
> available at
>
> http://clarete.github.io/curdling
>
> This project uses both wheel and distlib packages as part of the
> dependency stack. I'm working on an essay about my experience with both
> libraries that I'm planning to share on another opportunity. It will
> probably be available under the "Design and Implementation" section in
> the main website. Feel free to check it out right now if you don't want
> to wait:
>
> http://clarete.github.io/curdling/design-and-implementation.html
>
> Any feedback is highly appreciated.

Are you aware that pip has been 'blessed' as the default installer?
See http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0453/
The intent and hope is that anyone who installs 3.4 will also have pip 
(1.5, due Dec 1) available.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy