At 07:10 AM 7/6/2009 +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote:
By using a new name for the directory we *guarantee* that old packaging utilities won't get confused by the new format (they simply won't acknowledge its existence).
This is incorrect; they will get confused because they will think that the relevant package is *not* installed, and proceed to install a duplicate. That's why .egg-info was added to the stdlib in the first place.
_______________________________________________ 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
