[Distutils] Setuptools' goal in rpm/deb-based systems

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 11:11 AM 12/29/2005 -0500, Kevin Dangoor wrote:
>On 12/29/05, Jeff Pitman <jeff.pitman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, they're plugins that extend tg-admin commands. In the .rpm/.deb
> > space what would happen here is that these plugins would also be
> > installed as .rpm/.deb. This is kind of like Twisted 2.0+ after the
> > split. What would be good here is to have .eggs install into $HOME and
> > tg-admin still pickup on them.
>
>If the system is set up correctly, the users could install the plugins
>as .rpms/.debs *or* install the eggs to their $HOME. Either way should
>work.

By the way, what Jeff is asking for regarding $HOME is now a documented 
procedure in the EasyInstall documentation, known as an "Administrator 
Installation".  See:

http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#custom-installation-locations

for more details.