= Special Interest Groups =

Many Python projects are organized around Special Interest Groups (SIGs).  Each SIG tends to have a mailing list, and works on sub-projects related to Python.  There are SIGs for database development, distribution and packaging, the email package, etc.  Below are a list of SIGs along with links to their mailing list information and sub-pages used to coordinate development.

||'''SIG name'''||'''Description'''||
||[[Distutils|Distutils SIG]] [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig|(subscribe)]] [[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/|(archives)]] || Works on packaging and distribution, Cheeseshop (PyPI), and related technologies||
||[[Email SIG]] [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/email-sig|(subscribe)]] [[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/email-sig/|(archives)]] || Works on developing Python's [[http://www.python.org/doc/current/library/email.html|email package]] ||
||[[Stdlib SIG]] [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/stdlib-sig|(subscribe)]] [[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/stdlib-sig/|(archives)]] || Work on improving the test suite and standard library for different implementations of Python ||