packageresources is a Python package for standard access to package related resources (e.g. configuration files, package related data, presentation templates, ...). Such a standard access is essential for applications running from a zip archive or as a frozen application (in case they use associated non-code resources). packageresources defines a new URL scheme (see RFC 2396), the 'pypackage' scheme, used to designate package resources and a set of functions to access such resources. It also provides a function to patch Python's standard library such that 'pypackage' URLs are handled transparently. The current implementation supports packages in the filesystem or in a zip archive and frozen packages. It has been tested on *nix and Windows (XP). Not everything may work for installations using the macpath module (i.e. older Macintoshs). Read "doc.rst" in the tarball, for details. Download: http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/packageresources.tgz Dieter