I maintain a few Python packages. I have a very similar setup.py file for each of them. However, when doing setup.py install, one of my packages gets installed as an egg, while the others get insta...

Are there any disadvantages about using eggs through easy-install compared to the "traditional" packages/modules/libs?

Looking in my /usr/local/lib/python.../dist-package directory, I have .egg directories and .egg files. Why does the installer choose to extra packages to the .egg directory, yet leave other files...

I have an egg distribution of a PyQt application which i build myself, and it contains sphinx generated documentation. When i call the help file from the application it opens the sphinx index.html ...

How do you import python .egg files that are stored in a relative location to the .py code? For example, My Application/ My Application/library1.egg My Application/libs/library2.egg My Applicatio...

Suppose I'd like to upload some eggs on the Cheese Shop. Do I have any obligation? Am I required to provide a license? Am I required to provide tests? Will I have any obligations to the users of th...

I have some egg accessible as a URL, say http://myhosting.com/somepkg.egg . Now I don't have this somepkg listed on pypi. How do I tell buildout to fetch and install it for me. I have tried a few ...

Can someone explain how egg-info directories are tied to their respective modules? For example, I have the following: /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/quodlibet/ /usr/local/lib/python2.5/sit...

I've read some about .egg files and I've noticed them in my lib directory but what are the advantages/disadvantages of using then as a developer?

I have several python projects that share common modules. Until now, I've been ... ahem ... keeping multiple copies of the common code and synchronizing by hand. But I'd clearly prefer to do someth...