[Distutils] [buildout] where does the demo egg come from in tests?

[Chris Withers]

Maurits van Rees wrote:
> If I have followed the code trail correctly:
> 
> - zc/recipe/egg/tests.py has a setUp(test) function.
> 
> - This calls 'zc.buildout.tests.easy_install_SetUp(test)'.
> 
> - That function calls create_sample_eggs from that same tests.py file
>   in zc.buildout.
> 
> - And that method creates some eggs on the fly.

Indeed, the code is in here:

http://svn.zope.org/zc.buildout/trunk/src/zc/buildout/tests.py?rev=88919&view=auto

search for "def create_sample_eggs".

As far as documentation goes, that's about as unhelpful and opaque as it 
gets :-(

Why on earth is this stuff obfuscated in this way?

Chris

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