Python Eggs - Using and Installing Them

What is so cool about eggs? Wow me.
What problem were they intended to solve?
What is their relation to distutils?
So how does distutils work then?
How do they compare to CPAN and RPM approaches?
Sound good, how do I enable eggs on my system?
How do I accomplish common operations?
- install an egg
- test install an egg, to see if it would work
- uninstall an egg
- list what eggs are installed at the moment
- switch between the versions of an egg
I don't trust eggs - how can I partially install one, examine it and then finish the installation?
How do I find out what eggs exist, and their names?
What about py2exe and droplets? Competing approaches?
Show me a walkthru of the cheeseshop - how to find a package.
How do I figure out the author of an egg I'm having trouble with?

An Old Talk by Jeff Rush about Eggs (from which to borrow slides/ideas):

Attach:2006-03-25-AboutPythonEggs.odt
Attach:2006-03-25-AboutPythonEggs.pdf


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	Python Eggs - Using and Installing Them What is so cool about eggs? Wow me. What problem were they intended to solve? What is their relation to distutils? So how does distutils work then? How do they compare to CPAN and RPM approaches? Sound good, how do I enable eggs on my system? How do I accomplish common operations? install an egg test install an egg, to see if it would work uninstall an egg list what eggs are installed at the moment switch between the versions of an egg I don't trust eggs - how can I partially install one, examine it and then finish the installation? How do I find out what eggs exist, and their names? What about py2exe and droplets? Competing approaches? Show me a walkthru of the cheeseshop - how to find a package. How do I figure out the author of an egg I'm having trouble with? An Old Talk by Jeff Rush about Eggs (from which to borrow slides/ideas): Attach:2006-03-25-AboutPythonEggs.odt Attach:2006-03-25-AboutPythonEggs.pdf
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