On 08/04/2008, zooko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, since I posted my proposal two weeks ago I have pointed a > couple of Python hackers who currently refuse to use eggs at the URL: > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-March/078243.html > > 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!".
I do think that a simple solution like that has some merit. It has two significant downsides, however: 1. It requires that core Python "bless" the egg format to some extent - something Guido has said he is unwilling to do. 2. It ignores the issue of package management completely. Personally, I avoid anything that doesn't integrate with a unified package manager (whether that be the Windows add/remove feature, or an as-yet-to-be-built custom Python package manager is not important). Filesystem commands do not a package manager make... Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
