[Python-Dev] magic in setuptools (Was: setuptools in the stdlib)

[Nick Coghlan]

Ronald Oussoren wrote:
> On 20-apr-2006, at 23:46, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> So if this attitude (Python Eggs are the preferred binary distribution
>> format) is wrong, it is the attitude that has to change first. Changes
>> to the documentation follow from that. If the attitude is right, I'll
>> have to accept that I have a minority opinion.
> 
> IMHO python eggs are the preferred distribution format for several  
> use cases, but not all. They are very usefull for systems that lack a  
> proper package
> manager of their own and for managing a developers sandbox.
> 
> As a sysadminI'd be a lot less inclined to use eggs to install  
> software on a system with a proper package manager (like most linux  
> distributions) because the eggs will then not be visible in the  
> global view of installed software or play nice with vendor software  
> management tools.

Maybe we need something that's the equivalent of alien (rpm -> dpkg 
converter), so that given an egg, one can easily get a native installer for 
that egg.

Regards,
Nick.


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