buildutils 0.3

buildutils provides several new commands for your package setup.py file to help make development easier. It integrates with distutils using --command-packages, or automatically will add commands to all your setuptools projects.

addcommand

add a custom distutils command to a package/setup.cfg file

announce

send a release announcement to mailing lists like python-announce-list@python.org

bundle

create a bundle of a package plus all its dependencies

checksum

generate MD5 and SHA-1 checksum files for distributables.

etags

generate an TAGS file over all packages and module (for use in Emacs).

flakes

find lint using the pyflakes utility.

info

dumps information about the project.

publish

push distributables and documentation up to a project site using ssh/scp/sftp.

pudge

build Python documentation from restructured text documents and Python doc strings, using Pudge <http://pudge.lesscode.org>.

pytest

run py.test unit tests.

stats

dump statistics on the number of lines, files, modules, packages, etc.

svntag

make a Subversion tag for a versioned release

use

bring in a working version of a dependency (uses setuptools egg stuff).

Buildutils is available in a Mercurial repository.