http://yergler.net/blog/2005/09/08/ccpublisher-python-and-xml/ Because eventually I'll be right. Theoretically. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:14:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://yergler.net/blog/2005/09/08/ccpublisher-python-and-xml/comment-page-1/#comment-24595 Nathan Yergler Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:37:10 +0000 http://yergler.net/blog/?p=326#comment-24595 PJE and others have done measurements on the penalty (or lack thereof). If I recall correctly, the short answer is that the scan happens once at start-up, and in many cases is anything but pathological. In my opinion Eggs are an important Python development, as they've brought package metadata with them. Even if you want to deal with sdists (which is often preferable to me for pure Python code), having that metadata is a great improvement. PJE and others have done measurements on the penalty (or lack thereof). If I recall correctly, the short answer is that the scan happens once at start-up, and in many cases is anything but pathological. In my opinion Eggs are an important Python development, as they’ve brought package metadata with them. Even if you want to deal with sdists (which is often preferable to me for pure Python code), having that metadata is a great improvement.

]]> http://yergler.net/blog/2005/09/08/ccpublisher-python-and-xml/comment-page-1/#comment-23631 Guzel Tangam Gururrla sunarrr Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:33:57 +0000 http://yergler.net/blog/?p=326#comment-23631 Has anyone considered that the whole idea of eggs as deployment is a bit of a mess as well? I haven’t profiled, but a lot more work must be happening to traverse more numerous, deep directory structures, many of whom are mirrors of each other, confusing the always-beautiful packages-are-directories meme that makes Python so easy to deal with at a large scale, or should. Has anyone considered that the whole idea of eggs as deployment is a bit of a mess as well? I haven’t profiled, but a lot more work must be happening to traverse more numerous, deep directory structures, many of whom are mirrors of each other, confusing the always-beautiful packages-are-directories meme that makes Python so easy to deal with at a large scale, or should.

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