Chris Withers wrote: > Why does the egg in the subject line exist Because somebody made it and uploaded it to download.zope.org. It probably happened during the initial eggification period when we didn't have a solid release process [1].
> and why does buildout pick it over a stable release? Because buildout, like easy_install, will pick the newest available version for a distribution. Fortunately, buildout has a prefer-stable option so that you can tell it to prefer stable over alpha/beta/dev releases. Also, in any serious situtation you'd want to pin your versions, e.g. using the KGS [2] or a manual list. [1] http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/Sandbox/philikon/foundation/releasing-software.txt [2] http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/versions.cfg _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )