stanley klein bxzbtycpcugorg wed april 9 2008 340 pm phillip j eby wrote 1152 492008 0400 stanley klein wrote however implying installation information python egg packages accesses coordinates rpm database yes information isnt stripped try recent fedora imho main system without package manager windows youre ignoring shared environments development environments mention mac os dont understand mean shared environments development environments also dont know much mac os except underlying darwin system version bsd assume would follow unix fhs reasonable way deal windows would create package manager could used python anyone else wanted use let us know youve finished along one mac os enough trouble im already course still wont anything shared environments development environments talking bdist_rpm tool would take python package distributed egg file convert egg rpm deb unfortunately python packagers beginning limit focus egg distribution creates problem users native operating system package management indeed problem social one technical one trivial publisher egg change command line setuppy bdist_egg upload setuppy sdist bdist_egg upload soon users politely request agree dealing combination technical social issues however think takes lot understanding publisher get everything straight applying lsb fhs innards python packages makes much sense applying contents java jar files ie none unchanging data thats part program library program library like static data declared c program library whether file extension py even png irrelevant fhs defines places put specific kinds files command scripts bin usrbin sbin usrsbin documentation usrsharedocpackagename configuration files etc several kinds files identified places defined put distribution eggs tendency scoop files put usrlibpythonsitepackages regardless belong eggs dont include documentation configuration files install scripts script directories dont get youre talking data package accesses runtime earlier comments apply rpms debs include files plus manual pages localization files lot ancillary stuff iirc mentioned centos system rpm qa sortless get alphabetized list installed packages rpm qil packages see range different kinds files eggs support conformance fhs would mean recognizing tagging relevant files tool converting eggs rpms debs would essentially reformat egg rpm deb put files belong files describe dont exist think either misunderstood nature files question developer incorrectly placed nonruntime files installation tree python tarballs downloaded kinds files installation trees major pain youknowwhat someone trying use bdist_rpm get proper fhscompliant rpms eggs supposed strictly runtime files think developers actually understand better yet define included installation sounds like egg concept doesnt include several kinds files rpm deb would include installation think may important issue stan klein _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 25 jul 2008 174546 0400 pythondev distutils easily consume parts eggs good