matthias klose edcrcstuberlinde jeff rush writes packaging bof yesterday although relevant packager bootstrap thread guido asked post concerns address many topics days added following topics addressed friday bof see httpwikipythonorgmoinpackagingbof linux distributions try ship one version packageeggmodule one release shipping one version necessary eggs least shipped debian fedora ubuntu built using singleversionexternallymanaged import foo work wether installed egg installed distutils without using pkg_resourcesrequire pkg_resources handle situation one egg version installed singleversionexternallymanaged default version one eggs installed using singleversionexternallymanaged currently additional versions imported would useful setuptools could handle separate build install steps like configuremakemake install systems access external resources optionally disabled build idea brought use tobedefined apiversion describe dependencies eggs version numbers generally used api changes idea follows existing practice shared object names changing api changed _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 160237 0100 pythondev capsule summary packagingdeployment technology concerns