[Distutils] Beta release of zc.buildout 1.5.0

[Jim Fulton]

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Sebastien Douche <sdouche at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 23:17, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:
>>> There's a big problem in our ecosystem:  PyPI + our various installers
>>> don't have the concept of "beta" release. Any new release is
>>> considered to be the latest release.
>>
>> buildout does. :)
>>
>> buildout has a prefer-final option.
>
> I think it's another need (buildout vs libs).

I have no idea what you're trying to say.

> Another point, with this
> feature activated, some eggs aren't downloadable (thanks to the stupid
> name chosen by the developers)

Could you be more specific, say with an example?
If the prefer-final option is used, buildout should still
download a non-final distribution, if no final distributions
are available.

Jim

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Jim Fulton