> Nick wrote: >> The only one thing I have to say about that is that it makes >> embedding of .py files recursive. > > No it doesn't. The mechanisms involved for processing the top-level > zipfile and those for processing the .py text files within that zipfile > are completely different.
Well, if it has all been done correctly (and I believe you when you say it has) then it's all ready to rock and roll. >> Whereas, if you just associate to a .egg or a .eag or some >> other extension suffix, it just keeps things very orthodox >> and you can have a visual queue (for users with gui- >> interfaces). > > Python applications should have an icon based on the specific > application, not one based on the implementation language the author > happened to use. It is fairly rare for that to happen on an installer program. Most users expect some sort of generic installer icon. They cover 98% of cases. Of course, once the application is installed, the (installed) program then has it's own icon. But I'm not talking about that here. I think that's what you are referring to. What I am saying is that a "Python Package" deserves to have a nice icon. Be it a library or an Application. I'm a big fan of having 'an egg icon' because eggs are out there in developer land. They are simple to comprehend, and if somebody sees an egg icon, they are going to instantly make an association back to the fact that it belongs to the python language. Having done all this, you get shell support which allows the user to install the "package" simply by right-mouse or double-clicking. We even get to install a python package directly from our browser using this scheme. I don't understand why anybody wouldn't want that. See a package on pypi, click to download it, get prompted to install it. It could all be just so simple. David _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
