[SciPy-dev] issues with scipy and eggs

[Robert Kern]

Travis Oliphant wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
> 
>>Andrew Straw wrote:
>> 
>>>OK, with your changes, I have
>>>scipy_core-0.8.2.1625-py2.4-linux-x86_64.egg and
>>>scipy-0.4.3.1482-py2.4-linux-x86_64.egg.
>>
>>D'oh! Add the same fragment to scipy_core's scipy/lib/__init__.py and full
>>scipy's Lib/lib/__init__.py .
> 
> Should we just add this fragment to the default installations.  Would 
> there be any problems with doing this?

Well, there's the problem with the __init__.py's from full scipy overwriting
scipy_core's during a regular install. As Andrew suggested, we can simply have
synced copies in both packages. To do that *right*, we need some SVN magic
(svn:external?).

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