Xavier Morel wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> So basically Python Eggs precompiles and compresses >> binaries for you so you just have to load it to run >> your app? >> > > Nah, Eggs is a packaging system, what you don't have to do is > compile/configure, because the packaging does that for you. It also > handles things like pre-required packages (the packages that this > package uses), even though that doesn't always work atm. > > If you ever used a debian-based linux system, think of Eggs as a > Python-specific apt-get. > > The most advanced kind of language-specific installer atm is the Ruby > Gems packaging and distribution system (http://docs.rubygems.org/), go > check it for more insight of what Eggs wants to be (and I hope it'll > evolve to be as good as gems) (and the install software should be named > eggs or hatch, not easy_install, ugly).
I think this is one very specific area that one BIG community-wide concerted effort is better than a few smaller ones. Is there any chance of better coordination in this area? maurice -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
