[Python-Dev] [Distutils] how to easily consume just the parts of eggs that are good for you

Thu Apr 10 02:27:22 CEST 2008

On Apr 9, 2008, at 4:12 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>> http://allmydata.org/trac/setuptools/ticket/5 # binary eggs should
>> come with .py files by default, rather than .pyc files
>> Filling your tracker with already-rejected proposals isn't likely 
> to encourage me to look at it, especially when I've personally 
> rejected them to you in IRC. That goes for your ticket #4 as well.

Part of my motivation in maintaining this tracker is to take issue 
discussions from IRC, and from mailing lists, and make them more 
permanent and structured. This part is useful even for rejected 
proposals, as an historical record that other people interested in 
those issues can consult.
I will mark those two tickets as "rejected by PJE". Could you please 
repeat (so that I don't misrepresent you due to my faulty memory of 
our IRC discussion from more than a year ago) your reason for 
rejecting these two:
http://allmydata.org/trac/setuptools/ticket/4 (when considering 
whether to zip, err on the side of safety rather than performance)
http://allmydata.org/trac/setuptools/ticket/5 (binary eggs should 
come with .py files by default, rather than .pyc files)
You are of course welcome to log in to that trac and update those 
tickets yourself, but if you prefer not to then I will paste your 
reasons into those tickets.
Regards,
Zooko