gael varoquaux nowippajmwqjqnormalesuporg wed apr 09 2008 113707am 1000 ben finney wrote zooko writes skeptical prorgammers going willing use new database format already database filesystem already tools control mv rm pythonpath many already hate existence easy_instlalpth database file dont see new database file would different moreover many us already database packages system pythonlanguage ones package database operating system adding another parallel database needs separate maintenance applies python packages step forward situation 90 least world database probably nice database works well choose forget problems users facing solve though addition packaging systemspecific recently learn debian packaging wanted ubuntu debian users able use projects seamlessly rpms rhel fedora mandriva coronary packages msis find time development learn packaging would fantastic abstraction packaging systems including point database agree reusing system packagings database great would best option systemwide install however one neat features setuptools eggs dont need administrator access install packages great shared environment like computation cluster systems database thus unfortunately complete solution problem 2 cents gaël _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 25 jul 2008 105607 0200 pythondev distutils easily consume parts eggs good