[Distutils] General Question... .EGGs... any good?

[David Lyon]

Hi all, me again..

I think I have a handle on how to implement package deinstallation
in my gui package manager.

One thing I came accross is .EGG files...

I'm wondering what people think of these?

are they good?

how do people see them fitting in with distutils.. ? etc

Somebody mentioned they don't work to well under gentoo but i
don't know what the exact complaint is.

Are source distributions (ie distutils) competitive with .EGG
packaging?

Regards

David