2010][overview]. His summary refers confused developers to the
[Hitchhiker's Guide to Packaging][HGP] which describes the [evolution
of Python packaging sytems][state] and gives lots of helpful packaging
-advice.
+advice. The technical details of the new packaging framework are
+described in [PEP 376][] slated for inclusion in Python 2.7 and 3.2.
I'm not sure how Ian has `pip` fitting into this, except that he
[wants to stay out of the stdlib][no-stdlib].
[TZ]: http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/
-[Distutils2]:
+[Distutils2]: http://distutils2.notmyidea.org/
[IB]: http://blog.ianbicking.org/
[pip]: http://pip.openplans.org/
[overview]: http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/the-fate-of-distutils-pycon-summit-packaging-sprint-detailed-report/
[HGP]: http://guide.python-distribute.org/
[state]: http://guide.python-distribute.org/introduction.html#current-state-of-packaging
+[PEP 376]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0376/
[no-stdlib]: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2010-May/016299.html
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