Why does easy_install extract some python eggs and not others?

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Published on 2010-04-09T01:45:33Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 1:53 UTC
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Looking in my /usr/local/lib/python.../dist-package directory, I have .egg directories and .egg files.

Why does the installer choose to extra packages to the .egg directory, yet leave other files with .egg extensions?

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