guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg mon mar 17 2008 1155 stefan behnel wrote guido van rossum wrote able download pythononly module package install sitepackages perhaps elsewhere directed via another optional command line flag support zip tar targztgz files perhaps tarbz2 simply unpack ziptar file using zip tar modules extract packagemodule sitepackages way imported directly without messing syspath mess pth files setuppy scripts eggs mean existing eggs include potential egg package installed latter understood correctly bootstrap module currently supports installing eggs although im sure supposed work without current way keeping pth file proposal boostrap module able install nonegg archives wanted eggs supported core python egg support standard library guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 070003 0500 pythondev pep 365 adding pkg_resources module