On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:30 AM, Chris Withers wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Why does the egg in the subject line exist

Because someone saw fit to release it.  It's on download.zope.org/ 
distribution. It''s not in PyPI.

> and why does buildout pick it
> over a stable release?


Because, like setuptools, it wants the newest release by default.

You can use the prefer-final buildout option:

   [buildout]
   prefer-final = true
   ...

to have buildout prefer final releases.

Jim

--
Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation


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