-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
Chris Withers wrote:
Why does the egg in the subject line exist
Because somebody made it and uploaded it to download.zope.org. It probably happened during the initial eggification period when we didn't have a solid release process [1].
$ ls -latr /distribution/ZODB3-3.9* - -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 785678 Jun 24 2007 \ /distribution/ZODB3-3.9.0-dev-r77011.tar.gz
and why does buildout pick it over a stable release?
Because buildout, like easy_install, will pick the newest available version for a distribution. Fortunately, buildout has a prefer-stable option so that you can tell it to prefer stable over alpha/beta/dev releases. Also, in any serious situtation you'd want to pin your versions, e.g. using the KGS [2] or a manual list.
Uploading non-releases like this to public index locations has *got* to stop. Frankly, they should all be removed: anybody who is depending on them needs to run their own index. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tseaver@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIqvtL+gerLs4ltQ4RAsPuAJ4i+n/6Shupj0YTiZxlr36iUda1sACeP3g4 cuoyPGjrL2LmJ4CzdxqbQ/k= =a+SJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----