[Python-Dev] External Package Maintenance (was Re: Please stopchanging wsgiref on the trunk)

[Robert Kern]

Paul Moore wrote:

> This is purely speculation (and fairly negative speculation at that!)
> but I'd advocate caution for a while yet. Maybe ActiveState or
> Enthought could provide some input on how/if sumo bundles can address
> the need to upgrade "parts" of the distribution?

We at Enthought are moving towards distributing a smallish bootstrap
distribution and provide most of the packages as eggs. Upgrades should then be
an easy_install away.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
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