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Understanding Package Management Systems

I am attempting to understand what a Package Management System. I grasp the main concept of it but I have some queries. Does a package management system install features(compilers, libraries, ...
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Best way to set sys.path for “hot library” development in Python?

I have my Python source structured as follows: +-branchname/ +-dst/ +-src/ | +-library/ | | +-cleese/ | | | +-test/ | | | | +-__init__.py | | | | +-test_cleese.py | | | +-__init__.py ...
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Good practices for packaging Python programs

I've been using Python for a while now, both in the context of personal and professional projects. One thing that occured to me recently is that I had never thought about a good way to deploy Python ...
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Module vs. Package?

Whenever you do "from 'x' import 'y'" I was wondering which one is considered the 'module' and which is the 'package', and why it isn't the other way around?
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What do you think about gems and eggs? Alternatives?

I've read recently some criticism (see 1, 2, 3) about the packaging distribution system of two popular programming languages: Ruby gems and Python eggs. The most important argument stated against them ...