mini component distribution question

[Ben Finney]

"Eric S. Johansson" <esj at harvee.org> writes:

> as one would expect when creating a body of software, eventually you 
> create a series of relatively generic components you find yourself using 
> over and over again.  As a result, I'm finding myself slightly bit by 
> the same problem I have faced multiple times of the past.  Namely, how 
> do you distribute "small" components that are used in a series of larger 
> applications.

The developing wisdom is to:

  - bundle up reusable discrete functional components as Python eggs

    <URL:http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools>

  - publish them on the Cheeseshop

    <URL:http://cheeseshop.python.org/>

  - use easy_install to automatically download and install them when
    the main package is installed

    <URL:http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools#distributing-a-setuptools-based-project>

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Ben Finney