[Python-Dev] Status of packaging in 3.3 (original) (raw)

Éric Araujo merwok at netwok.org
Wed Jun 20 17:34:09 CEST 2012

Hi all,

Sorry I can’t take the time to reply to all messages, this week I’m fully busy with work and moving out.

To answer or correct a few things:

I am lacking time these months, but that’s because I’m still getting used to having a full-time job and being settled into a new country. With the feedback we’ve been getting from people recently, I am motivated, not burned out.
I have started building a group of distutils2 contributors here in Montreal. People are motivated, but it takes time to learn the codebase and tackle on the big things.
The four modules identified as minimal, standalone, good subset all have big problems (the PEPs have open issues, and the modules' APIs need improvements).
Tarek, Georg and Guido have pronounced. With all the respect I have for Antoine’s opinion, and the valid concerns he raises and that I don’t answer here, I consider option (d) accepted and will scrap one hour to do it before b1.

Regards