[Python-Dev] PEP 376 and PEP 302 - allowing import hooks to provide distribution metadata

[P.J. Eby]

At 07:10 AM 7/6/2009 +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>By using a new name for the
>directory we *guarantee* that old packaging utilities won't get confused
>by the new format (they simply won't acknowledge its existence).

This is incorrect; they will get confused because they will think 
that the relevant package is *not* installed, and proceed to install 
a duplicate.  That's why .egg-info was added to the stdlib in the first place.