04/04/29

This is a "Alpha2" release of the PUB aka PyUniverse package. It is now a package thanks to Lalo Martins.

Quick starter notes:

Dependencies: python2.3 distutils -- distutils is released as a seperate package, for most distributions it should be named along the line of python-devXX where XX is the python version.

1) You can install the package with distutils like so:

from the pub directory: python setup.py install

It's pure python, so don't worry about building extensions

there aren't any.

2) To see what it does, run the Greedy Gargoyle example:

cd pub/games/ python gredgar.py

This is a simple, one-room interactive-fiction adventure.

There is documentation generated from HappyDoc in pub/doc, which is certainly more useful than it was, but is a long way from being complete.

Other notes:

The official website is on Sourceforge: http://py-universe.sourceforge.net (unfortunately, "pub" is a reserved word!).

There's a mailing list (very low volume): py-universe-main@lists.sourceforge.net

There is a wiki currently located at: http://www.narya.net/PyUniverse_SF_Net/PyUniverse/FrontPage

We also have a irc channel on irc.freenode.net:: #py-universe

The current maintainer is: Terry Hancock hancock@anansispaceworks.com

The rest of the team should be reachable through the mailing-list which is almost always the best way to go unless you have a specific maintainer question.

Python Universe Builder was originally written by Joseph Strout.

It is licensed according to the Gnu Lesser or Library Public License (LGPL).

For details, see the file COPYING in this directory.