[Distutils] Setuptools-Distribute merge announcement
Jim Fulton
jim at zope.com
Thu Mar 14 12:37:44 CET 2013
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 1:34 AM, Carl Meyer <carl at oddbird.net> wrote:
> On 03/13/2013 06:54 PM, PJ Eby wrote:
>> Jason Coombs (head of the Distribute project) and I are working on
>> merging the bulk of the improvements distribute made into the
>> setuptools code base. He has volunteered to take over maintenance of
>> setuptools, and I welcome his assistance.
>
> This merge is very good news for Python packaging. Kudos and thanks to
> you and Jason.
>
> This also seems like an appropriate opportunity to say: thank you for
> building the first working packaging system for Python (the one that all
> popular packaging tools are still based on), and for all the work you've
> put into it over the years.
Yup. Well said.
Jim
--
Jim Fulton
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimfulton
Jerky is better than bacon! http://zo.pe/Kqm
More information about the Distutils-SIG
mailing list