http://simonwillison.net/2008-09-15T14:06:13+00:00Simon Willison2008-09-15T14:06:13+00:002008-09-15T14:06:13+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Sep/15/packaging/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/msg/5407cdb400157259">Kevin Teague explains the Python packaging ecosystem</a></strong></p> The distinction between setuptools, PyPI, distutils, eggs, easy_install, pkg_resources and zc.buildout used to make my head spin. Kevin Teague’s outstanding explanation made it all make sense. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/buildout">buildout</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/distutils">distutils</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/easyinstall">easyinstall</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/eggs">eggs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/kevin-teague">kevin-teague</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/pypi">pypi</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/setuptools">setuptools</a></p>

2007-03-04T22:32:12+00:002007-03-04T22:32:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/4/jacobian/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.jacobian.org/writing/2007/mar/04/hate-python/">Five things I hate about Python</a></strong></p> By Jacob Kaplan-Moss. I didn’t know you could force eggs to install unzipped with an option in ~/.pydistutils.cfg—that’s always been my least favourite thing about them. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/eggs">eggs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jacob-kaplan-moss">jacob-kaplan-moss</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a></p>