[Catalog-sig] Table of Python Packages, updated
Bob Ippolito
bob at redivi.com
Thu Mar 31 00:49:30 CEST 2005
On Mar 30, 2005, at 5:18 PM, Ian Bicking wrote:
> Ed Summers wrote:
>> Well, I'm late in catching up with what python eggs actually are.
>> Now that I know what they are, I like the idea of "eggcrate" a
>> lot. I agree keeping it in the python.org domain could serve as a
>> subliminal stamp of approval. eggcrate.python.org, or
>> even better (I think):
>> eggs.python.org Only downside is that eggs are fragile and break
>> easily...as opposed to
>> gems.
>
> I like the name, but if someone uploads tarballs will it seem out of
> place?
Hopefully people will be uploading eggs and source tarballs. The eggs
will eventually be what most people use and care about.
> Of course, while some eggs hatch cute little chicks, people who find
> their eggs hatching little pythons are usually not so amused...
> http://www.sthlm-herp.net/galleri/galleri_800/pyt_reg_800.html
>
> This guy is kind of cute though...
> http://www.vpi.com/5VPIBreeders/GreenTreePython/GreenTreePython.htm
>
> Or we can give a bad-ass feel to the site, eating all our
> competitors...
> http://www.barefootbushman.com/images/water_python_eating_egg.jpg
>
> But when you get down to it Monte Python is a lot less creepy than
> actual Pythons.
Which also works, because of Eggs and SPAM.
-bob
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