On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 10:36 -0400, Christopher Taylor wrote: > Is the .egg file just a zip file?
Yes, it is in ZIP format. However, an .egg file should contain directories and files with metadata, so just zipping some Python source does not make it an Egg. > Which of the following is correct? > A) you need the source for the correct version of python that you're running > or > B) you only need to build the egg from source for whatever version of python > you're running (implication: the version the source was written in > does not need to match the version the egg was built in) > C) You need to have the source in the version of python you're running > and the egg must be built with and for that version of python. I guess B sounds about right. -- Matthew Good <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Trac mailing list [email protected] http://lists.edgewall.com/mailman/listinfo/trac
