On 08/10/06, Sebastian Pölsterl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Tromey wrote: > > How does this relate to python eggs[2]? And if it doesn't, why not? > > It seems to me that if there's an upstream project that handles a lot > > of this, then it would be beneficial to simply re-use it. > > > eggs are something like a setup wizard. You pack your files into an egg so > that the user can install the application easily. I don't know what you > mean. Do you want to support eggs as an download source, or what?
Python eggs provide a way to distribute the code, provide metadata about the egg plus its dependencies, etc. If the egg contains just Python code, then it doesn't need to even be unpacked: the zip importer can access the code directly. So I guess a different way of phrasing Tom's question is: 1. why not distribute deskbar applet plugins as Python eggs? 2. if deskbar applet plugins could come in the form of eggs, why not make NewStuffManager into a system for installing, updating and managing these plugin eggs? The repository file might just extract the metadata from the eggs so that NewStuffManager could work out what needs to be downloaded. James. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
