Packaging love-hate world in Python is with every Python developer. Each time you need something from setuptools/distribute/distutils you actually find something new, useful. Can not deny that. There are quite some people working hard on distutils2 to remove the "miserable" word from packaging. I'm really hoping that lack of communication with Python developers and Linux distribution will be fixed when people will not only care, but also give constructive thoughts how distutils could be improved (and thus make life easier even to Linux distributions).

Greetings, following is the weekly update for gpypi2 project. It's main purpose is to generate ebuilds from Python Package Index. Quick links to project info: Repository, issue tracker Hudson CI instance Sphinx documentation generated by hudson on each commit wiki/user stories for scrum development Last two weeks were crazy at university. Now I shall have time to work on gpypi2 full-time until the end of program. Install gpypi2 $ sudo pip install http://bitbucket.org/iElectric/g-pypi2/get/tip.zip or $ sudo easy_install http://bitbucket.org/iElectric/g-pypi2/get/tip.zip Create an ebuild

Greetings, following is the weekly update for gpypi2 project. It's main purpose is to generate ebuilds from Python Package Index. Quick links to project info: Repository, issue tracker Hudson CI instance Sphinx documentation generated by hudson on each commit wiki/user stories for scrum development I'm more than happy to announce first pre-alpha prototype. Intended goal is to make people start using the tool and reporting back their critics. Install gpypi2 $ sudo pip install http://bitbucket.org/iElectric/g-pypi2/get/tip.zip or $ sudo easy_install http://bitbucket.org/iElectric/g-pypi2/get/tip.zip Create an ebuild

Elder is blooming again, charming people with its strong smell. Few friends asked me about how we make elderberry syrup at home, so I thought of opensourcing it;) Remember that every written part is important (I tried to bold the most important words). Ingredients: 30 elderberry blossoms 5L of water 3kg of sugar big spoon of Citronka about six 1L glass bottles with non-plastic closure Getting blossoms Blossoms should be chipped with scissors right after all small blossoms group together. As recipe says, 30 medium sized blossoms are recommended, but extra 4 or 5 will do no harm. Blossoms should not be put in plastic bag while collected, since they are very sensitive. Blossoms should be carefully picked, since we are not washing them before making syrup, just make sure there are no bugs around.

At last, so called Sauna Sprint 2010 has been announced. First of all, cheers to Nejc and Joni for all the work done. What is the story behind the Sauna Sprint? At the end of 2009, EESTEC IT team had a sprint at Chairpersons meet in Skopje (we had a great time, big thanks to organizers!). We created from scratch the new eestec.net portal (fully open-sourced and documented). So, the idea came to make a sauna sprint, hosted by Joni in Helsinki, that would eventually make Plone itself a tiny bit better world by our small team. Some of our experienced Plone developers will be introducing newcomers to Plone CMS. More details about the whole week can be found at plone.org.