https://www.pypa.io/en/latest/history/
- Doesn't mention that:

>  Significant parts of the implementation of setuptools were funded by the Open Source Applications Foundation, to provide a plug-in infrastructure for the Chandler PIM application.

https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html#credits

On Sunday, October 14, 2018, Wes Turner <wes.turner@gmail.com> wrote:
https://packaging.python.org
https://github.com/pypa/python-packaging-user-guide
- A history.rst document would be a useful addition

On Sunday, October 14, 2018, Dustin Ingram <di@python.org> wrote:
Hi Konstantin,

You might find my PyCon talk "How Python Packaging Works" useful for a
general timeline:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQsZsgJ30AE

The section "How did we get here" from Nick Coghlan's essay on a core
packaging API is quite a bit more detailed:

  http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/pep_ideas/core_packaging_api.html#how-did-we-get-here

D.
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 9:54 AM Константин <nikitin.konstantin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> My name is Konstantin and I am going to participate in the PyPA event [1] next week. To understand the packaging landscape better, I've decided to create an article for myself generally, but I think it could be interesting for others as well because I've found that https://www.pypa.io/en/latest/history/ is not enough for me to understand how packaging works in general.
>
> If anyone has an interest, I would really appreciate any comments on it, either technical or just stylistic. https://medium.com/@knikitin/the-brief-history-of-package-distribution-in-python-5da35092964f , before I will publish it for a wider audience.
>
> Thank you!
>
> [1] https://generalassemb.ly/education/bloomberg-open-source-weekend-pypa/london/58402
>
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