[Python-Dev] how to easily consume just the parts of eggs that are good for you (original) (raw)

Ben Finney bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au
Wed Apr 9 03:37:07 CEST 2008

zooko <zooko at zooko.com> writes:

I am skeptical that prorgammers are going to be willing to use a new database format. They already have a database -- their filesystem -- and they already have the tools to control it -- mv, rm, and PYTHONPATH. Many of them already hate the existence the "easyinstlal.pth" database file, and I don't see why a new database file would be any different.

Moreover, many of us already have a database of all packages on the system, not just Python-language ones: the package database of our operating system. Adding another, parallel, database which needs separate maintenance, and only applies to Python packages, is not a step forward in such a situation.

They both agreed that it made perfect sense. I told one of them about the alternate proposal to define a new database file to contain a list of installed packages, and he sighed and rolled his eyes and said "So they are planning to reinvent apt!".

That's pretty much my reaction, too.

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