I just made a new release of zc.buildout, 1.1.0, that: - Provides a global buildout option, unzip, that sets the default policy for unzipping eggs. If you include: unzip = true in your buildout section, then all eggs will be unzipped by default. Note that you'll need zc.recipe.egg 1.1.0 or later for this to work for eggs installed by the egg recipes. - Now recompile Python files when eggs are installed unzipped. This is helpful for debugging, as the file names stored in code objects will be correct. Both pyc and pyo files are produced. (Most eggs only have pyc files.) Jim -- Jim Fulton Zope Corporation