[Zope-dev] ZODB3 3.9.0-dev-r77011 egg?!

Tue Aug 19 06:02:39 EDT 2008

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].

> 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.

[1] 
http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/Sandbox/philikon/foundation/releasing-software.txt
[2] http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/versions.cfg