text_combined: stephen j turnbull xjzvfpwxemacsorg guido van rossum writes hoping someone create simpler bootstrap module fwiw ive never tried implement one things agree phillip possible sense advocating anything simpler simply invitation unending stream issues far adopting eggs best current practice would better say installer stdlib im sure pep even needed simply dont understand participated bolting features systems mess features added existing users demand old packages install exactly ever except sometimes always want upgraded put things newly blessed places features easy add since main thread control installers basically sequence single commands sometimes optional pythondev pretty good controls help slow trends nonetheless pepless development installer system scary installer complexity creeping horror worse kudzu1 footnotes 1 httpenwikipediaorgwikikudzuinvasive_species _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 225002 0900 pythondev pep 365 adding pkg_resources module