I've just released version 0.1.7 of distlib on PyPI [1]. For newcomers, distlib is a library of packaging functionality which is intended to be usable as the basis for third-party packaging tools. The main changes in this release are as follows: Fixed issue #39: Changed to work in a situation where the user's home directory is unavailable. Fixed issue #40: Resources code manipulates paths differently for file system and zip resources. Script generation now uses correct logic to determine if running in a venv. Native strings are used in path computations to avoid errors on Windows with Unicode paths. A more detailed change log is available at [2]. Please try it out, and if you find any problems or have any suggestions for improvements, please give some feedback using the issue tracker! [3] Regards, Vinay Sajip [1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/distlib/0.1.7 [2] http://pythonhosted.org/distlib/overview.html#change-log-for-distlib [3] https://bitbucket.org/pypa/distlib/issues/new