Python

1.  Project Description

The Python project maintains dev-lang/python and most of dev-python/.

2.  Developers

All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org.

3.  Subprojects

The Python project has the following subprojects:

4.  Project tasks

The tasks of the Python project are:

g-pypi - Create ebuilds from The Python Package Index automatically

g-pypi is a tool for installing Python packages using information from PyPI without having to write an ebuild by hand.

g-pypi is a work in progress and not in portage yet. You can find the ebuild in the pythonhead overlay. Contributions from the community are welcomed.

Bugs for g-pypi releases in the pythonhead overlay should go to Gentoo's bugzilla. Feature requests and bug reports for the svn trunk should go to http://code.google.com/p/g-pypi

python-info - Shows how Python was compiled and information about all Python packages emerged

python-info will show various information about Python and Python based packages you have emerged.

Current status: vapourware

Features

• Show compilation information for Python
• Show all Python packages installed and USE flags used
• Show which Python packages were not installed by Portage

5.  Resources

Resources offered by the Python project are:

• The Gentoo Python Overlay & Wiki
• Gentoo Python Developer's Guide
• Gentoo Zope meeting log

6.  Herds

The Python project maintains the following herds:

7.  Participating

#gentoo-python on irc.freenode.net

The best way to reach us is on IRC in the #gentoo-python channel on irc.freenode.net. Please feel free to stop by to talk about Python on Gentoo. We welcome any suggestions for improvement.