Dustin Ingram - Inside the Cheeseshop: How Python Packaging Works - PyCon 2018

Speaker: Dustin Ingram
Questions and confusion about the Python packaging ecosystem abound. What is this `setup.py` file? What's the difference between wheels and eggs? Do I use setuptools or distutils? Why should I use twine? Do I put my projects dependencies in a `requirements.txt` or in `setup.py`? How do I just get my module up on PyPI? Wait, what is Warehouse?
This talk will identify the key tools one might encounter when trying to distribute Python software, what they are used for, why they exist, and their history (including where their weird names come from). In addition, we'll see how they all work together, what it takes to make them work, and what the future has in store for Python packaging.
Slides can be found at: speakerdeck.com/pycon2018 and github.com/PyCon/2018-slides

[@rednafi]

Poetry & pyproject.toml have made it really painless.

[@nikolaosfrangiadakis6507]

Great talk! I have to note that some talk links are exactly at 3:14 It might be a conspiracy :P Though 18:38 onwards is the Packaging Guide

[@kevinedwards9071]

Can't find the slides at either link.

[@dustingram]

Sorry about that! The PyCon team had problems with my slides, you can find them here: speakerdeck.com/di_codes/inside-the-cheeseshop-how-python-packaging-works-pycon-2018

[@kevinedwards9071]

@@dustingram thanks! :)

[@CarlosMeza99]

Link 404s :(

[@dustingram]

Looks like Speakerdeck had a bit of an outage, the link should be working now!

[@gimboland]

Dead again, but this works today: speakerdeck.com/di_codes/inside-the-cheeseshop-how-python-packaging-works-scipy-2018 - though they seem to be scipy slides not pycon ones; couldn't find pycon ones on speakerdeck though.