What is a Python egg?

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Bialecki picture Bialecki · Jan 12, 2010 · Viewed 249.9k times · Source

I'm new to Python and am just trying to understand how its packages work. Presumably "eggs" are some sort of packaging mechanism, but what would be a quick overview of what role they play and may be some information on why they're useful and how to create them?

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user177800 picture user177800 · Jan 12, 2010

Note: Egg packaging has been superseded by Wheel packaging.

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