Ronald Oussoren wrote:
> On 20-apr-2006, at 23:46, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> So if this attitude (Python Eggs are the preferred binary distribution
>> format) is wrong, it is the attitude that has to change first. Changes
>> to the documentation follow from that. If the attitude is right, I'll
>> have to accept that I have a minority opinion.
>
> IMHO python eggs are the preferred distribution format for several
> use cases, but not all. They are very usefull for systems that lack a
> proper package
> manager of their own and for managing a developers sandbox.
>
> As a sysadminI'd be a lot less inclined to use eggs to install
> software on a system with a proper package manager (like most linux
> distributions) because the eggs will then not be visible in the
> global view of installed software or play nice with vendor software
> management tools.
Maybe we need something that's the equivalent of alien (rpm -> dpkg
converter), so that given an egg, one can easily get a native installer for
that egg.
Regards,
Nick.
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