This page describes a possible Summer of Code project for Distutils2

Contact: Tarek Ziadé <tarek@ziade.org>

Tasks:

• XML-RPC client for distutils 2: http://bugs.python.org/issue8190

• Make it possible to use setup.cfg to describe all the metatadata: http://bugs.python.org/issue8252

• Describe the resources files and the python files using a [resources] section in setup.cfg : http://bugs.python.org/issue8253

• write a configure command: http://bugs.python.org/issue8254

• write a tutorial: http://bugs.python.org/issue8255

• promote and evangelize Distutils2 – This will consist of helping python project to switch/adopt Distutils2. We will define a list of targets at the beginning and the student will be in charge of helping them switching to Distutils2 if they want.

• add a post/pre commit hook for install and uninstall commands: http://bugs.python.org/issue8312

• make sure distutils2 works under Py3
• move the code from distribute to distutils2 (upload_doc, use_2to3)

• Implement pkgutil APIs described in PEP 376 : http://bugs.python.org/issue8250 -- work started by people in the community already.