[Doc-SIG] Request for Eyeballs: Python Project Howto

[Michael Foord]

John Kleint wrote:
> I'm writing an introduction to releasing open-source Python projects.
> Having recently gone through it for the first time myself, I was
> amazed at how far and wide I had to range to pull together all the
> information that goes into making a good Python package.  So I thought
> I'd write it up and share:
>
> http://infinitemonkeycorps.net/docs/pph/
>   

Just skimmed it so far (up to choosing a version control system). *Very* 
nice. Once it is complete you should talk to Andrew Kuchling about 
making it an official Python-HOWTO.

You say you don't cover setuptools, but you do use easy_install...

Once the work Tarek Ziade is doing is more complete, both on distutils 
and Distribute (setuptools replacement), it would be great to see the 
HOWTO updated to cover them.

Anyway, I'll keep reading and come back with any more comments if I have 
any.

All the best,

Michael

> It's tentatively called the "Python Project Howto," and it's aimed at
> people who, though not necessarily new to Python, may be new to
> packaging and possibly open source.  It tries to be succinct and
> practical, demonstrating by example.  It covers choosing project
> hosting, setting up version control (Subversion basics), code quality
> (Pylint) and style (PEP 8), documentation (reStructuredText, Sphinx),
> unit testing (doctest and unittest), licensing, packaging (distutils),
> and release (PyPI).
>
> One thing I don't want it to be is an exhaustive list of all the
> possibilities for each of those areas.  For instance, I cover
> reStructuredText and Sphinx, but not epydoc; distutils but not
> setuptools.  I've tried to pick the simplest, most common among
> several options, and sometimes provided a link to others (pip, nose).
> I'm trying to Keep It Simple for people just dipping their toes into
> the Python ecosystem.  I'd really like to know what people think; it
> would be great to get some feedback on it.  Thanks!
>
> -John
> _______________________________________________
> Doc-SIG maillist  -  Doc-SIG at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/doc-sig
>   


-- 
http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/