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+The "right" way to distribute [[Python]] packages seems to have moved
+on since I last checked.  There seem to be two parallel efforts,
+[Tarek Ziadé][TZ]'s [Distutils2][] and [Ian Bicking][IB]'s [pip][].
+Tarek has a nice summary of the [state of affairs as of March
+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.
+
+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]: 
+[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
+[no-stdlib]: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2010-May/016299.html
+
+[[!tag tags/python]]
+[[!tag tags/programming]]