Phillip, I have a proposal for Distribute 0.7 : let's join forces and all work together in that tool. "All" would be the commiters of Distribute, and PJE. These people would all be in the same team with the same commiter rights, and I propose that you become the leader of that tool and guide us in its development. (but with the usual +1/-1 stuff of course) That would make us happy, because we would be able to work and continue if you are not available sometimes without the feeling that we are locked, and that would give you the manpower you miss to develop some of your idea. That would be the best thing that could happen imho for python packaging. And if you agree, and want the project name, we can all find a neutral name that everybody would like. Cheers, Tarek