[Distutils] Python version in egg name

[Matt Chaput]

On 03/02/2011 10:34 AM, Eric Smith wrote:
> I use source distributions (python setup.py sdist) and then distribute
> the resulting .tar.gz file. Since it's a source (not binary)
> distribution, it can potentially run with any version of Python.
>
> You see this a lot on PyPI, where the only thing uploaded is a .tar.gz
> file. See http://pypi.python.org/pypi/buildout.dumppickedversions/0.4,
> for example.

Can people still use easy_install/pip to install it if it's not an egg?

Thanks,

Matt