Python

Marien Zwart  Author
Rob Cakebread  Editor

Updated July 31, 2008

1.  Project Description

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

2.  Developers

Developer Nickname Role
Tiziano Müller dev-zero Member
Krzysiek Pawlik nelchael Member
Jesus Rivero neurogeek Member
Rob Cakebread pythonhead 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 Ali Polatel Python eselect module
python-updater Ali Polatel Re-emerges Python packages after a major Python upgrade
g-pypi Rob Cakebread Creates ebuilds by querying The Python Package Index
python-info Rob Cakebread Informational tool to show how Python was compiled and how Python packages were emerged

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

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

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

Starting date: July 29, 2008
Developer: pythonhead (Rob Cakebread) - Developer

5.  Resources

Resources offered by the Python project are:

6.  Herds

The Python project maintains the following herds:

Herd Members Description
python arfrever, bicatali, carlo, chutzpah, dev-zero, djc, lordvan, nelchael, neurogeek, patrick, pythonhead 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.