lekma wrote:
>  Some comments on the PyXPCOM extension:
> 
>  Std modules seem to be missing from the python shipped with the
>  extension (I missed the md5module (_md5) which is needed by md5.py).
>    

Hi Lekma,

Ah, so they are (hashlib, ssl as well). I believe this is because these
extension modules are compiled as shared libraries, but really they need
to be statically build, so there are no library dependencies on the host
system.

I don't know much about the static v's shared settings of a python
build, I may simply change the build system to use an ActivePython build
to avoid these issues.

>  I'm pleased to announce PyEgg-0.1.0, a setuptools wrapper extension for
>  the PyXPCOM extension.
> 
>  PyEgg allows you to install/[up/down]grade/remove python eggs that will
>  be available to your PyXPCOM enabled xulrunner application.
> 
>  A non-release because it is experimental, and I have no place to put it
>  on the internet (I attached it to this mail but I don't know if the
>  list allows zipped attachment, in case it's not here, interested people
>  should drop me a mail, I'd be glad to send it (it's only 14KB)).
> 
>  You need PyXPCOM fixed as described in the comments above, and
>  xulrunner-1.9.
>  Once you have a xulrunner app working with pyxpcom you need to drop the
>  unzipped extension in your extensions folder.
>  To use it open the extension manager (for details on how to do that:
>  http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner_tips#Extension_Manager)
>  and click on PyEgg preferences

This seems interesting, certainly useful for mucking around with egg
libraries in Moz apps. I think it would be good if you could make this
into a real xpi file that could then also be easily installed into
Firefox/Thunderbird/etc... You could even add a simple menu under
"Tools" to easily get access to the PyEgg UI.

If you need a place to host the code/extension, you could easily set up
a mozdev account (http://mozdev.org) for the project.

Cheers,
Todd


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