Unfortunately, most statements that begin with, "There is only one way," prove to be wrong, no matter how well intentioned the advice may be.
Some of us are still in the learning stage, and having to check out daily versions using SVN is time-consuming and inconvenient at best. Many are not yet at the level where we may be expected to be checking in patches, plugins, etc. and having to deal with SVN is an unnecessary hindrance. It is, however, very important to be trying out the latest development version while learning from what is posted on the mailing list. Using an old version just doesn't cut it. So what's the answer for a "lazy" learner? Early on, when I was just becoming aware of TurboGears, I was lucky enough to have come across a similar question to this: "How to Install >From Nightly egg builds" http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears/browse_thread/thread/d083ff5faf8a5f90 This may not be the "preferred" way or even the "best" way, but it is ANOTHER way to keep more or less up to date. The latest TurboGears egg is installed with: easy_install -f http://www.opensource4you.com/nightly_tarballs.shtml TurboGears Some additional development packages are available on the opensource4you.com site as well, but as a back-up, "nightly" tar files of the TurboGears trunk are there too, so you can update Cherrypy, for instance. There are ocassional "glitches", but that's life, and it keeps you on your toes...The site has continued to provide a valuable service to the TurboGears community. I'm sorry to be critical, but again, there is never "only one way". Harold Marshall
