[SafdarIqbal]

Can someone here point to a good article (or a couple of articles, for that matter) explaining the history of Python packaging and the "new way of doing things"?

[chubot]

This article has some good history: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2012/6/22/hate-hate-hate-everywhere/

[pyre]

Here's a start:

http://pyvideo.org/video/1601/twisted-history-of-python-pack...

Note: Speaker is one of the devs behind PyCoders Weekly