diff --git a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/models.py b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/models.py
index 6c9c602..1fbe772 100644
--- a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/models.py
+++ b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils import simplejson as json
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
 
@@ -21,8 +22,10 @@ class Project(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=255, unique=True, primary_key=True)
     auto_hide = models.BooleanField(default=True, blank=False)
     allow_comments = models.BooleanField(default=True, blank=False)
-    owners = models.ManyToManyField(User, related_name="projects_owned")
-    maintainers = models.ManyToManyField(User, related_name="projects_maintained")
+    owners = models.ManyToManyField(User, blank=True,
+                                    related_name="projects_owned")
+    maintainers = models.ManyToManyField(User, blank=True,
+                                         related_name="projects_maintained")
     
     class Meta:
         verbose_name = _(u"project")
@@ -38,7 +41,21 @@ class Project(models.Model):
     @models.permalink
     def get_pypi_absolute_url(self):
         return ('djangopypi-pypi_show_links', (), {'dist_name': self.name})
-
+    
+    @property
+    def description(self):
+        latest = self.latest
+        if latest:
+            return latest.description
+        return u''
+    
+    @property
+    def latest(self):
+        try:
+            return self.releases.latest()
+        except Release.DoesNotExist:
+            return None
+    
     def get_release(self, version):
         """Return the release object for version, or None"""
         try:
@@ -57,6 +74,8 @@ class Release(models.Model):
         verbose_name = _(u"release")
         verbose_name_plural = _(u"releases")
         unique_together = ("project", "version")
+        get_latest_by = 'created'
+        ordering = ['-created']
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.release_name
@@ -65,6 +84,29 @@ class Release(models.Model):
     def release_name(self):
         return u"%s-%s" % (self.project.name, self.version)
     
+    @property
+    def parsed_package_info(self):
+        if not hasattr(self,'_parsed_package_info'):
+            try:
+                self._parsed_package_info = json.loads(self.package_info)
+            except Exception, e:
+                print str(e)
+                self._parsed_package_info = {}
+        return self._parsed_package_info
+    
+    @property
+    def description(self):
+        return self.parsed_package_info.get('description',u'')
+    
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if hasattr(self,'_parsed_package_info'):
+            try:
+                self.package_info = json.dumps(self._parsed_package_info)
+                delattr(self,'_parsed_package_info')
+            except Exception, e:
+                print str(e)
+        return super(Release, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
+    
     @models.permalink
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         return ('djangopypi-show_version', (), {'project': self.project.name,
diff --git a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/settings.py b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/settings.py
index 23d5a26..771f151 100644
--- a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/settings.py
+++ b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/settings.py
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ if not hasattr(settings,'DJANGOPYPI_PYTHON_VERSIONS'):
         ('3.2','3.2'),
     )
 
-if not hasattr(settings, 'DJANGOPYPI_SIMPLE_VIEW'):
-    settings.DJANGOPYPI_SIMPLE_VIEW = 'djangopypi.views.simple'
+if not hasattr(settings, 'DJANGOPYPI_FALLBACK_VIEW'):
+    from djangopypi import views 
+    settings.DJANGOPYPI_FALLBACK_VIEW = views.index
 
 if not hasattr(settings,'DJANGOPYPI_ACTION_VIEWS'):
     from djangopypi.views.dists import register_or_upload
@@ -76,5 +77,7 @@ if not hasattr(settings,'DJANGOPYPI_ACTION_VIEWS'):
         "file_upload": register_or_upload, #``sdist`` command
         "submit": register_or_upload, #``register`` command
         "user": create_user, # registering a user
+        
+        
     }
     
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diff --git a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/templates/djangopypi/project_list.html b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/templates/djangopypi/project_list.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c5e3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/templates/djangopypi/project_list.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<html>
+	<head>
+		<title>Project List</title>
+	</head>
+	<body>
+		<h1>Project List</h1>
+		<ul>
+			{% for project in project_list %}
+			<li><a href="{{ project.get_absolute_url }}">{{ project.name }}</a>{% if project.description %}: {{ project.description }}{% endif %}</li>
+			{% endfor %}
+		</ul>
+	</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/urls.py b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/urls.py
index 9623178..53f2032 100644
--- a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/urls.py
+++ b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/urls.py
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url, include
 
 urlpatterns = patterns("djangopypi.views",
-    # Simple PyPI
-    url(r'^simple/$', "simple",
-        name="djangopypi-simple"),
+    url(r'^pypi/$', "index", name="djangopypi-index"),
 
     url(r'^simple/(?P<dist_name>[\w\d_\.\-]+)/(?P<version>[\w\.\d\-_]+)/$',
         "show_version",
@@ -13,8 +11,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns("djangopypi.views",
     url(r'^simple/(?P<dist_name>[\w\d_\.\-]+)/$', "show_links",
         name="djangopypi-show_links"),
 
-    url(r'^$', "root", {'template_name': 'djangopypi/pypi.html'},
-        name="djangopypi-pypi"),
+    url(r'^$', "root", name="djangopypi-root"),
 
     url(r'^(?P<dist_name>[\w\d_\.\-]+)/$', "show_links",
         {'template_name': 'djangopypi/pypi_show_links.html'},
diff --git a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/__init__.py b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/__init__.py
index 02557cb..6871ac7 100644
--- a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/__init__.py
+++ b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template import RequestContext
+from django.views.generic import list_detail
+
+
 
 from djangopypi.models import Project, Release
 from djangopypi.http import HttpResponseNotImplemented
@@ -13,29 +16,26 @@ from djangopypi.views.search import search
 
 
 
-def root(request, root_redirect=None, **kwargs):
-    if request.method != 'POST':
-        if root_redirect is None:
-            root_redirect = reverse(settings.DJANGOPYPI_SIMPLE_VIEW)
-        return HttpResponseRedirect(root_redirect)
-   
-    parse_distutils_request(request)
+def root(request, fallback_view=None, **kwargs):
+    """ Root view of the package index, handle incoming actions from distutils
+    or redirect to a more user friendly view """
     
+    if request.method != 'POST':
+        if fallback_view is None:
+            fallback_view = settings.DJANGOPYPI_FALLBACK_VIEW
+        return fallback_view(request, **kwargs)
+    
+    parse_distutils_request(request)
+    print str(request.POST)
     action = request.POST.get(':action','')
     
     if not action in settings.DJANGOPYPI_ACTION_VIEWS:
+        print 'unknown action: %s' % (action,)
         return HttpResponseNotImplemented("The action %s is not implemented" % (action,))
     
-    return settings.DJANGOPYPI_ACTION_VIEWS(request, **kwargs)
+    return settings.DJANGOPYPI_ACTION_VIEWS[action](request, **kwargs)
 
 
-def simple(request, template_name="djangopypi/simple.html"):
-    context = RequestContext(request, {
-        "dists": Project.objects.all().order_by("name"),
-        "title": 'Package Index',
-    })
-
-    return render_to_response(template_name, context_instance=context)
 
 
 def show_links(request, dist_name,
diff --git a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/dists.py b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/distutils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/dists.py
rename to src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/distutils.py
diff --git a/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/packages.py b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/packages.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f465f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/djangopypi/djangopypi/views/packages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.views.generic import list_detail
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+
+
+from djangopypi.models import Project, Release
+from djangopypi.views import release as release_views
+
+
+
+def index(request, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('template_object_name','project')
+    return list_detail.object_list(request, queryset=Project.objects.all(),
+                                   **kwargs)
+
+def details(request, project, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('template_object_name','project')
+    return list_detail.object_detail(request, queryset=Project.objects.all(),
+                                     object_id=project, **kwargs)
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