Re: [Distutils] [Python-Dev] How we can get rid of eggs for 2.6 and beyond

(Note: I'm aware that people believe it to be necessary to munge the Windows registry when installing Python packages; I just don't agree with the practice, and don't think we should distort Python's process to coddle it).

Whoever thinks it necessary is misguided. Installing a package doesn't require munging the registry and none of the popular installation techniques do. Installing Python itself does, and some packages have special requirements (eg, pywin32 registering COM objects), but in general, Python packages on Windows can ignore the registry. Mark