This page describes tasks for the 2010 Summer of Code. Students and mentors are listed on the [[http://bitbucket.org/tarek/distutils2/wiki/GSoC_2010_teams|Distutils2 teams]] page.

'''Contact: Tarek Ziadé <tarek@ziade.org>'''

== GSOC Tasks ==

=== PEP 376 support ===

 * Implement pkgutil APIs described in PEP 376 : http://bugs.python.org/issue8250  -- work started by people in the community already.
 (focus on speed with benches)
 * Implement a dependency-graph builder
 * Add basic PEP 376 support in Distribute  [and Pip is possible]

Assigned to Josip.

=== Installer / Uninstaller, PyPI ===

 * Implement Distutils2 APIs described in PEP 376.
 * Add the uninstall command.
 * think about a basic installer / uninstaller script. (with deps) -- similar to pip/easy_install
 * in a pypi subpackage;
   * Integrate a module similar to setuptools' package_index
   * PyPI XML-RPC client for Distutils2: http://bugs.python.org/issue8190

Assigned to Alexis.

=== Distutils new commands ===

 * Add a post/pre-commit hook for install and uninstall commands: http://bugs.python.org/issue8312
 see if it can be generic.
 * enhance the check command (sanity tests)
 * Move the upload_doc command from distribute
 * add an optional call to upload_doc into upload
 * Add a test command: http://bugs.python.org/issue8324

Assigned to Konrad.

=== Distutils build tool ===

 * Study 4Suite' configure command
 * Write a configure command: http://bugs.python.org/issue8254
 * Make install and build optionally use the configure file
 * Make it possible to use setup.cfg to describe all the metadata: http://bugs.python.org/issue8252
 * Describe the resources files and the Python files using a [resources] or [packages] [py_modules]
 section in setup.cfg: http://bugs.python.org/issue8253
 * make setup.py optional (commands would be called through a -m call)

Assigned to Éric.

=== Py3 support ===

 * Move the use_2to3 command from distribute
 * Make sure distutils2 works under Py3 using 2to3

Assigned to Zubin.

=== Tasks for all ===

 * Write a small tutorial in docs/ for each feature you add

=== Misc ===

 * complete tutorial : http://bugs.python.org/issue8255
 * Promote and evangelize Distutils2–This will consist of helping python project to switch to/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.