Kirk Sluder wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Paul Boddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Quite. I imagine that most GNU/Linux distributions (and various BSDs) > > provide at least some version of MySQLdb as a package. > > Bingo, I've rarely installed python from python.org, or other > libraries from sourceforge, etc., etc.. Usually I've installed > BSD-style ports, debian-style packages, or RedHat-style RPMs.
And while Python eggs may be useful for people managing additional software as some unprivileged user, hosting providers (and virtual private server administrators) will want packages that fit in with the rest of the software being managed in the hosting environment. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
