On 6/27/05, Ryan Tomayko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On an almost related note, what should the MIME content/media type be
> for serving egg files via HTTP? It may be advantageous to use
> "application/zip" [1].

Perhaps.

> A derivative like "application/egg+zip" would allow the media type to
> be associated with easy_install or other handlers while preserving
> the base media type information (although I'm not completely clear on
> whether derivatives require registration).

"application/egg+zip" would require registration.  I've not seen the
"+foo" annotation style used for anything other than "+xml" yet, but
this use makes sense to me.


  -Fred

-- 
Fred L. Drake, Jr.    <fdrake at gmail.com>
Zope Corporation
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