pypa/packaging.python.org

View on GitHub

Python Packaging User Guide

Stars: 1.7k
Forks: 1.7k
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 133
Avg merge: 3d 12h
Merged PRs (30d): 4

Dominant language: Python
License: No license data
Last GitHub push: Sep 9, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted good first issue

Beginner friendly Everything

Open All

133 issues indexed so far

Linkcheck for newly add links in PRs Open

good first issue type: task

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#2037 · 2 comments · Opened May 3, 2026
Sphinx PDF missing contents Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#2031 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 11, 2026
Clarify entry point's object reference specification Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1993 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 21, 2026
Note greediness of PEP 723 reference parser Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1960 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 22, 2025
Expand on the "Manual" repository example Open

component: guides type: enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1951 · Opened Nov 13, 2025
Suggestion for disambiguation re import expectations and __init__.py Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1929 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 9, 2025
[TODO] Migrate RTD to GH App Open

Difficulty 2/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1926 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 6, 2025
Clarify documentation for the wheel specification Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1924 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 5, 2025
Update "Packaging Python Projects" tutorial to tell users to prefer Trusted publishing over API tokens Open

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1888 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 3, 2025
Maintaining the example build backend specifiers Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1886 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 2, 2025
Minimal version of setuptools supporting license-files Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1870 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 6, 2025
`build-details.json` v1.1 Open

component: specifications type: discussion type: enhancement

pypa/packaging.python.org#1862 · 10 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened May 22, 2025
What base URL are relative dependency specifiers resolved against? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1861 · 2 comments · Opened May 20, 2025
minor issues in `writing-pyproject-toml` Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1854 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 28, 2025
Missing `dependency-groups` specification cross link Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 55/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1840 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 2, 2025
Separate PyPA specifications from user guide Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1839 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 30, 2025
Add recommendation for "escaping" quoted inline script metadata Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1835 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 21, 2025
Clarifications needed re packaging flow from the perspective of a build backend Open

type: discussion type: question

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1779 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 7, 2025
Possible contradiction in rules for naming source distribution files containing `-_.` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1750 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 16, 2024
Document real compatibility tag interpretation Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1663 · Opened Nov 21, 2024
PEP518: specification changes history Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1645 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 8, 2024
PEP518: dependency specification mismatch Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1644 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 8, 2024
Add a forward-looking statement for future wheel versions Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1621 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 23, 2024
Should include guidance on how to handle missing optional dependencies / extras at runtime Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1605 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 5, 2024
add support for MOBI and EPUB formats on release Open

type: enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1603 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 28, 2024
Replace manual Sigstore signing with a separate job using `actions/attest-build-provenance` @ GHA publishing guide Open

component: guides diataxis: how-to guide good first issue help wanted type: enhancement type: task

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1567 · Opened Jun 25, 2024
Feedback: "Managing Application Dependencies" and "Packaging Python Projects" Tutorials Are Incompatible Open

component: tutorials type: bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1562 · 5 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 18, 2024
long_description vs. pyproject.toml Open

component: guides type: task

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1535 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 23, 2024
Is the section about `setuptools` and `wheel` required to build from source still relevant? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1517 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 5, 2024
Example from docs for "Installing from VCS" does not work Open

component: tutorials type: bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1509 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 25, 2024
Add discussion on `__main__.py` vs. `__init__.py` files Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1508 · 6 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 25, 2024
Warn against using pip with test.pypi.org Open

component: guides type: bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1500 · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 16, 2024
Give a clear recommendation on what sdists should contain Open

component: guides component: specifications state: blocked type: task

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1494 · 18 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 27, 2024
Use a version-controlled file as source of truth for Read the Docs redirects Open

type: discussion

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1408 · 12 comments · Opened Nov 18, 2023
Document in contributing guide what the process is for removing docs Open

type: discussion

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1401 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 17, 2023
Document in Contributing guide when Specifications should be updated Open

type: discussion

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1390 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 14, 2023
Replace News document with an automated monthly changelog Open

type: task

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1384 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 13, 2023
Be explicit that the Diataxis process is being used Open

type: task

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1383 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 13, 2023
Move the Packaging Flow doc to under the Discussions section Open

component: discussions component: overview type: task

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 55/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1382 · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 13, 2023
Edit the Overview of Python Packaging Open

component: overview type: task

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1381 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 13, 2023
Expand documentation on building for the Limited API Open

component: guides type: enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1376 · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 11, 2023
Add extlinks alias for PyPI Open

good first issue type: enhancement type: task

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1370 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 8, 2023
Create a discussion document about virtual environments Open

component: discussions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1344 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 4, 2023
Add a last edited date to source documents Open

type: enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1336 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 3, 2023
Add topic guides based on Discourse Discussion Open

component: guides type: discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1334 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 3, 2023
The packaging-projects tutorial does not work with hatch Open

component: tutorials type: question

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1316 · 15 comments · Opened Oct 18, 2023
Request for clarification on 'extra' marker in Requires-Dist Open

component: specifications state: needs clarification type: enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1270 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 23, 2023
Document that sparse identifiers with whitespace are valid if quoted Open

component: specifications good first issue type: enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1226 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 16, 2023
Outdated details in the `wheel` spec overview (inherited from PEP 425) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1219 · Opened Mar 11, 2023
Outdated references to (removed) setup.py and setup.cfg in PyPA’s sampleproject Open

component: guides type: bug

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/packaging.python.org#1184 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 21, 2022

pypa/packaging.python.org

Get new issues in your inbox