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1.  Project Description

The Python project maintains dev-lang/python and most of dev-python/. We maintain a Developer's Guide to help.

2.  Developers

Developer Nickname Role
Dirkjan Ochtman djc Lead
Amadeusz Żołnowski aidecoe Member
Sebastien Fabbro bicatali Member
Patrick McLean chutzpah Member
Tiziano Müller dev-zero Member
Mike Gilbert floppym Member
Thomas Raschbacher lordvan Member
Maxim Koltsov maksbotan Member
Marien Zwart marienz Member
Krzysztof Pawlik nelchael Member
Jesus Rivero neurogeek Member
Patrick Lauer patrick Member
Tim Harder radhermit Member
Rafael Martins rafaelmartins Member
Sebastian Pipping sping Member
Kacper Kowalik xarthisius Member

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

3.  Subprojects

The Python project has the following subprojects:

Project Lead Description
eselect-python Python eselect module
python-updater Re-emerges Python packages after a major Python upgrade

4.  Project tasks

The tasks of the Python project are:

g-pypi - Create ebuilds from PyPI 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

Starting date: 2007
Developer: pythonhead (Rob Cakebread) - Developer
Developer: neurogeek (Jesus Rivero) - Developer

5.  Resources

Resources offered by the Python project are:

6.  Herds

The Python project maintains the following herds:

Herd Members Description
python aidecoe, bicatali, chutzpah, dev-zero, djc, floppym, lordvan, maksbotan, marienz, nelchael, neurogeek, patrick, radhermit, rafaelmartins, sping, xarthisius Python-related packages

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.



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Page updated September 2, 2011

Summary: The Python project maintains ebuilds for the Python language itself and a lot of other packages using it.

Marien Zwart
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Dirkjan Ochtman
Author

Rob Cakebread
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