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Python Special Interest Group

Python is a high-level, interpreted programming language which emphasizes on code readability. Fedora loves Python and this SIG is for people who are interested in Python on Fedora. We aim to address the issues and tasks related to everything-Python on Fedora including:

Packaging and optimizing the various Python 2 and Python 3 runtimes
Packaging Python libraries and applications
Setting and improving standards for packaging them as RPMs
Maintaining Python packages for Fedora

Communicate

Mailing lists

Address	Function
python-devel	General mailing list for all things Python related

IRC

Address	Function
#fedora-python	Python SIG official channel

Zodbot
Read the Zodbot page for helpful IRC commands.

Core Members

See SIGs/Python/Members_list for a list of our current core members.

Join Python SIG

We're always looking for new members to join us. Whether you're a new contributor or someone that's been around since the beginning, there are definitely ways you can help. Join Python SIG and:

Build your portfolio by working on real-world projects
Learn how to package new Python software
Work with teammates from the four corners of the world
Broaden your scope of working in open source communities and gain experience interacting in different areas

Join the Python SIG now

Packaging Quickstart

If you're just getting started with packaging Python modules for Fedora, here's some hints to get you started:

The Fedora Packaging Guidelines must be followed for any package. The Python specific guidelines are a good starting point.
You can generate a spec template for your new python package like this:
```
dnf install rpmdevtools && rpmdev-newspec -t python
```
That will generate a spec file template that is a good starting point to making your package.
When packaging PyPI project you can generate the initial SPEC file using pyp2rpm tool.

Python SIG FAS group

You can add group::python-sig to your package so the core members of the python-sig get notified on each bug in your Python program. This way it is possible to maintain all Python packages with the group permissions, which will simplify general Python cleanup changes.

If there is interest and shown familiarity with our guidelines and processes (which usually manifests in maintaining at least 5 to 10 Python packages) you can apply for having access to a broader group of packages that is commonly maintained. If you choose to apply for this, please discuss it with a sponsor of the python-sig. (You can find a list of those in FAS.)

The current list of packages maintained by the python-sig can be found at the package database.