[Python-Dev] magic in setuptools (Was: setuptools in the stdlib) (original) (raw)

Anthony Baxter anthony at interlink.com.au
Thu Apr 20 10:22:43 CEST 2006


On Thursday 20 April 2006 17:42, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

4. .egg files. -1

As far as I understand it, an egg file is just a zipimport format zip file with some additional metadata. You can also install the egg files in an unpacked way, if you prefer that. I don't understand the objection here - it's no better or worse than countless packages in site-packages, and if it gives us multiple versions of the same code, all the better.

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