Harry George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > These are unacceptable behaviors. I am therefore dropping ZODB3, and > am considering dropping TurboGears and ZSI. If the egg paradigm > spreads, yet more packages will be dropped (or will never get a chance > to compete for addition). > > I've asked before, and I'll ask again: If you are doing a Python > project, please make a self-sufficient tarball available as well. You > can have dependencies, as long as they are documented and can be > obtained by separate manual download.
1. Given the presumptuous tone of your own message, I guess I'm not in danger of coming across as more rude than you when I point out that your requirements are just that: your own. The rest of the world won't *always* bend over backwards to support just exactly what you'd most prefer. 2. You can run your own private egg repository. IIRC, it's as simple as a directory of eggs and a plain old web server with directory listings turned on. You then run easy_install -f URL package_name instead of easy_install package_name . The distutils-sig archives will have more on this. 3. Alternatively, you could create bundled packages that include dependencies (perhaps zc.buildout can do that for you, even? not sure) John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
