[Python-Dev] Status of packaging in 3.3

[Chris Lambacher]

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> The Python community covers a broad spectrum of use cases, and I
> suspect that's one of the big reasons packaging can get so contentious
> - the goals end up being in direct conflict. Currently, I've
> identified at least half a dozen significant communities with very
> different needs (the names aren't meant to be all encompassing, just
> good representatives of each category, and many individuals will span
> multiple categories depending on which hat they're wearing at the
> time):
> 

One set of users not covered by your list is people who need to Cross-Compile
Python to another CPU architecture (i.e. x86 to ARM/PowerPC) for use with 
embedded computers. Distutils does not handle this very well. If you want a 
recent overview of what these users go through you should see my talk from 
PyCon 2012: 
http://pyvideo.org/video/682/cross-compiling-python-c-extensions-for-embedde

-Chris