This marks the first beta release of Pydra, a distributed computing framework for python. While most core features are implemented, at least partially, there are many open tickets in the tracker for bugs and improved features. While this is not a stable release we felt the project was far enough along that there should be an installable package out there for people to experiment with. The coming months will bring more stability and features as we transition to a scheduled release cycle.
Many thanks to Jakub Gustak, Yin Qiu, and Almir Karic who have contributed code vital to this release.