On Mar 27, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Christopher Barker wrote:

> Bob Ippolito wrote:
>
>> That whole section really needs to be restructured to address the
>> common questions and issues people have regarding finding the right
>> packages for them.
>
> great idea.
>
>> I think I'd like to turn http://pythonmac.org/
>> packages/ into just a launch pad for finding a list of packages for
>> the Python that you're interested in.
>
> Do you mean that it wouldn't actually host them for download there?

No, I mean that that URL won't directly list any packages.  It'll be  
a listing of package lists and enough information to direct a newish  
user to the right list.

> Please no. I think it is a VERY good idea to have a collection  
> there for
> download. Pretty soon, I think we'll be able to call the 2.4.3  
> Universal
> build the "officially recommended" build, and we can have a collection
> of packages there for it. I now I'll contribute a few, and I'm sure
> others will as well.
>
> One question is: should they be eggs or traditional *.mpkgs?

I'd certainly prefer eggs where possible, but transitionally we're  
definitely going to need *.mpkgs.  Maybe both for now, and/or  
separate pages for .mpkgs and binary eggs?

-bob

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