phillip j eby moetelecommunitycom 1152 492008 0400 stanley klein wrote however implying installation information python egg packages accesses coordinates rpm database yes information isnt stripped try recent fedora imho main system without package manager windows youre ignoring shared environments development environments mention mac os reasonable way deal windows would create package manager could used python anyone else wanted use let us know youve finished along one mac os course still wont anything shared environments development environments talking bdist_rpm tool would take python package distributed egg file convert egg rpm deb unfortunately python packagers beginning limit focus egg distribution creates problem users native operating system package management indeed problem social one technical one trivial publisher egg change command line setuppy bdist_egg upload setuppy sdist bdist_egg upload soon users politely request applying lsb fhs innards python packages makes much sense applying contents java jar files ie none unchanging data thats part program library program library like static data declared c program library whether file extension py even png irrelevant fhs defines places put specific kinds files command scripts bin usrbin sbin usrsbin documentation usrsharedocpackagename configuration files etc several kinds files identified places defined put distribution eggs tendency scoop files put usrlibpythonsitepackages regardless belong eggs dont include documentation configuration files install scripts script directories dont get youre talking data package accesses runtime earlier comments apply eggs support conformance fhs would mean recognizing tagging relevant files tool converting eggs rpms debs would essentially reformat egg rpm deb put files belong files describe dont exist think either misunderstood nature files question developer incorrectly placed nonruntime files installation tree _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 080142 0400 pythondev distutils easily consume parts eggs good