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
Implement pkgutil APIs described in PEP 376 : http://bugs.python.org/issue8250
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.