[Python-Dev] Refactoring installation schemes

[Fred Drake]

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:16 PM, David Lyon <david.lyon at preisshare.net> wrote:
> I would even go so far as to use the python 3 as a carrot for
> the new work.

The packaging story is in such bad shape that it needs the work
regardless, and keeping it to Python 3 would significantly reduce the
set of potential volunteers.

> imho The biggest and best thing that you could do for python
> packaging is to do a refactor of the .EGG format.
>
> What I mean here, is *take* the egg, and run with it. Modernise
> it and revamp it into a platform independent thing. People
> 'get' the egg idea, they just hate the current implementation.

There's certainly work on that, but... is it that people hate the
format?  Or working with setuptools?

The fact that there's more than one egg format doesn't help, so you
may be right.

> Call it the new Tarek egg...

The tegg?  ;-)


  -Fred

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