[Pythonmac-SIG] bdist_mpkg question: getting pytz included with matplotlib

[Christopher Barker]

Russell E Owen wrote:
>> I've never tried to create a binary egg 
> (though I know how in principal). I'm wondering if there are any 
> gotchas? I'm guessing I'll at least have to modify or create my own 
> setup.py file in many cases -- depending on how many changes are 
> required, that could be a disincentive (though if the original packagers 
> are willing to make their setup.py file egg-friendly, the work could at 
> least be only done once).

Charlie Moad has built binary eggs of MPL in the past, so it may be all 
set up already.

-Chris


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