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

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.