From: W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 23:29:45 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Add PEP 376 reference and link to Distutils2 homepage.
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Add PEP 376 reference and link to Distutils2 homepage.
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diff --git a/posts/Distributing_Python.mdwn b/posts/Distributing_Python.mdwn
index f4c6f0c..64be81a 100644
--- a/posts/Distributing_Python.mdwn
+++ b/posts/Distributing_Python.mdwn
@@ -7,18 +7,20 @@ 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.
+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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