On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If that perception is accurate, then any changes likely need to focus on
> the *opposite* end of the toolchain: the part between the "<common
> packaging spec>" and the end users.

Yes - but is this part the job of python ?

> In other words: Given an egg, how easy is it for a packager/distributor
> to create a platform specific package that places the files in the
> correct locations for that particular platform (regardless of how
> arbitrary those rules may appear to the original developers)?

Why coming from eggs and not from the build tool provided by python
itself (distutils) ? I don't see what eggs brings - specially since
the format is not even standardized.

cheers,

David
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