alexander michael grppnpjigmailcom fri mar 21 2008 931 pm martin v löwis wrote objections pep remain though requirements says need without saying need goes saying want rephrased duplicate apt rpm without saying want brings us closer need iow pep lacking rationale seems discussion undermined acknowledging many use cases front rationale many tacit rationales nevertheless many use cases related level would benefit form lowestcommondenominator support standard library example wanted use library support multiversion packages one ensure dependencies would need know versions things currently installed cant create library provided functionalities use downstream package creator without form standardization report package versions least without running assimilation problem setuptools personal use case multiversion packages deploy many small scripts applications use evolving set base libraries dont want older scripts hold back pushing forward base libraries peg scripts respective major versions release regards alex _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom mon 04 aug 2008 042716 0400 pythondev distutils get rid eggs 26 beyond