In order to continue the effort started in distutils-ML. We are organizing a distutils PEP sprint with
people that works differently to deliver Python applications.

 * using virtualenv
 * using zc.buildout/setuptools      
 * using scons
 * using the debian packaging system
 * using the fedora packaging system

If you want to join, please do !

 * Where: remote sprint, #distutils on freenode
 * When (proposed date) : 
   * Thursday, 2 oct. 9 a.m. CEST
   * Friday, 3 oct. 9 a.m. CEST
   * Saturday, 4 oct. 9 a.m. CEST
   * [[http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html||Time and Date Converter]]

= Participants =

name / skills / desired date

 * Tarek Ziadé / zc.buildout, some distutils and setuptools internals / Any of the three dates
 * Toshio Kuratomi / Fedora Packaging, some paver, setuptools consumer / Thursday, Friday but none of the times :-(  7:00AM my time == 4:00PM CEST == 14:00 UTC.  I could meet from that point on?  Alternately, I could be online at 5:00UTC until I fall asleep.


= Tasks that will be covered =

 * make a synthesis of all the threads that have discussed distutils previously

 * work on the Python Metadata definition (PEP 345, see http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0345)
 and see if some improvments could be done in it.

 * work on a proposal to see how these metadata could be defined in the package,
 besides setup.py, and let external tools read them.

 * work on a proposal to structure the content of packages

 * list the problems in compilation matters and work on a proposal to improve it

= Desired output =

We would like to come up with enough material to write a meta-PEP and a series
of PEP. These PEPs will then be submitted in the distutils-SIG mailing list for further
discussions.