matthias klose edcrcstuberlinde phillip j eby writes 7 many wanted ability install files anywhere install tree python package distutils possible removed setuptools security reasons wasnt security manageability eggbased installation means containment analagous gnu stow therefore portability disposability plugins eggs really developed first place defining containment way doesnt help preparing eggs inclusion linux distribution eg users distributions used find log files varlog maybe subdir documentation usrsharedoc probably get different views manageability depending background used linux distribution standards used standards set setuptoolscheeseshop packagers currently move files manually standard locations often keep symlinks egg dirs locations installation linux distributions handled existing package tools unlikely change would nice find common layer used distribution methods optionally enabling kind option like installfilesinplacesnothandledbysetuptools matthias _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 161150 0100 pythondev capsule summary packagingdeployment technology concerns