snakeoil is a python library that implements optimized versions of common python functionality. Some classes and functions have cpython equivalents, but they all have native python implementations too.

For support and development inquiries a mailing list is available or you can join #pkgcore on Freenode.

For bugs and feature requests please create an issue in the issue tracker.

A standalone test runner is integrated in setup.py; to run, just execute:

python setup.py test

In addition, a tox config is provided so the testsuite can be run in a virtualenv setup against all supported python versions. To run tests for all environments just execute tox in the root directory of a repo or unpacked tarball. Otherwise, for a specific python version execute something similar to the following:

tox -e py27

Note that mock is required for tests if you're using anything less than python 3.3.

Installing latest pypi release in a virtualenv:

pip install snakeoil

Installing from git in a virtualenv (note that snakeoil should be used from git):

pip install https://github.com/pkgcore/snakeoil/archive/master.tar.gz

Installing from a tarball or git repo:

python setup.py install