[Python-Dev] People want CPAN :-)

[Jesse Noller]

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:30 AM, ssteinerX at gmail.com <ssteinerx at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 7, 2009, at 3:20 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
>
>> Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:52 PM, David Lyon <david.lyon at preisshare.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>> I think buildbot-style test runs for PyPI packages would raise average
>> package quality on PyPI.
>
> Please excuse the cross-post but I wanted to make sure that all these "CPAN
> for Python" discussions got this message and I've lost track of which list
> which part of what discussion had occurred on.
>
> We are currently extending our distutils/Distribute test system to include
> installation of a broad range of packages as part of the pre-release process
> for a future release of Distribute and as part of our "smoke" test for
> distutils/Distribute.    Eventually, the goal is to integrate this with our
> buildbot system but that's a ways off.

Who is "we"?