phillip j eby moetelecommunitycom 0443 pm 492008 0400 stanley klein wrote dont understand mean shared environments development environments mean shared development environment system packager isnt useful since expects things live one place usually one version well agree dealing combination technical social issues however think takes lot understanding publisher get everything straight provide source distribution make sort package want 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 one many reasons eggs replacement rpms debs 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 would eggs packaging format rather binary distributionruntime format remember eggs python jars java java jar doesnt contain documentation either unless needed runtime configuration files theyre system packages words assumption another marketing failure due conflation package distribution python code package thing manage system packager people see put package egg think latter definition barely even former _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 080746 0400 pythondev distutils easily consume parts eggs good