packaging

A guide on creating a Guix package from a binary using the copy-build-system, explaining how to set up an install plan.

Pyodide 314.0 release marks a milestone with the acceptance of PEP 783, enabling Python packages to publish WebAssembly wheels directly to PyPI, reducing maintainer burden and simplifying distribution for the Python-in-the-browser ecosystem.

A builder reflects that the time spent packaging their work (screenshots, demos, copy) now exceeds the time spent coding, and shares tools like Figma, Cursor, and Runable that help separate building from presentation.

Flatpak's next major version will likely depend on systemd to move permission management to a service layer, potentially breaking compatibility with non-systemd distributions.

GBrain can now package skills, code, tests, and evals into a SKILLPACK tarball that others can install using a simple command.

Summary of the Python Packaging Summit at PyCon US 2026, covering topics such as Wheel 2.0, Zstandard, PyPI abuse vectors, and comparisons between conda and pip.

Developer shares experience switching Python projects from uv to PDM, highlighting PDM’s pure-Python codebase, new 2.26.8 release with relative-time dependency cooldown, and enhanced project-management features.