> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 06:27, David Lyon <david.l...@pythontest.org> > wrote: >> Secondly, I never knew about it. > > Why did you say the process was like black magic when you didn't know > about it? > > Is this a distutils option? > > No, it's new in Python 2.6, which Nick Coghlan clearly stated in the > text you quoted before saying it was black magic. Maybe you should > have read his mail before you answered it?
I read the email... ok let me strike the word 'black' That leaves us with python "magic" which is probably what I meant. In any case, the fact that 'applications' can be run this way is good. What I would like to see next is this existing work taken to the next level in Python-3 so that normal users can appreciate it better. ie: - have ".egg" specify a Python 3 package. No other choices - have ".eag" specify a Python 3 application. No other choices. So what we will have in Python-3 is a convergence of all the good ideas so far into something that is much simpler for users to use. Then if an ".eag" file appears in a python 3 system, the user gets a dialog box "Run this Application ? or Install it?" Thanks Len. There's been a lot of good work. Let's make it less obscure and more obvious in Python-3. Anyway, it's up to Guido and the team that is. Take care David _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
