phillip j eby moetelecommunitycom 1113 pm 3212008 0100 lemburg wrote 20080321 2221 phillip j eby wrote 0806 pm 3212008 0100 lemburg wrote guess way support variants use filesystem based approach eg placing file special extension dir syspath database logic could scan syspath files read data provide interface bdist formats would include files thats idea behind current version pep 262 yes think kept separate files section also doesnt seem necessary could add one entries format createsdir abc createsfile abcxyz1py createsdir abcdef createsfile abcdefxyz2py createsfile abcdefxyz3py createsfile abcdefxyz4ini actually think size hash information good order able tell youre looking original file im sure useful permissions uidgid info im hoping well hear anybody use case youre heading wrong direction trying rewrite rpm innosetup python im making assumption authors pep 262 good reason including rather assuming start entire process scratch anything complicated left tools specifically written manage complex software setups tools need data order work hence reason standardizing data instead tools snip long list features desired undesired actually features scope stdlib development im proposing including tools stdlib apart distutils install bdist_ support im proposing rather finish vision pep 262 standard specification tools abide including rpm dpkg whathaveyou since tools need abide specification requirements need considered formulation spec said ill happy get distutils abide spec 26 even means dont get uninstall tool always installed later using guidos bootstrap tool _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 150122 0400 pythondev get rid eggs 26 beyond