dist: Remove support for building and distributing *.egg files

Wheel is currently considered the standard for built and binary
packaging for Python

See https://packaging.python.org/discussions/wheel-vs-egg/

See man-group#125

Author: jcfr

Makefile

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COPY_FILES = VERSION CHANGES.md common_setup.py MANIFEST.in LICENSE
 UPLOAD_OPTS =
 
 # removed from PHONY:  circleci_sip circleci_pyqt
-.PHONY: extras copyfiles wheels eggs sdists install develop test upload clean
+.PHONY: extras copyfiles wheels sdists install develop test upload clean
 
 extras:
 	pip install $(EXTRA_DEPS)
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ wheels: copyfiles
 	pip install -U wheel
 	./foreach.sh --changed 'python setup.py bdist_wheel'
 
-eggs: copyfiles
-	./foreach.sh --changed 'python setup.py bdist_egg'
-
 sdists: copyfiles
 	./foreach.sh --changed 'python setup.py sdist'
 

pytest-devpi-server/README.md

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ Install using your favourite package manager:
 
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-devpi-server
-    #  or..
-    easy_install pytest-devpi-server
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):

pytest-fixture-config/README.md

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ Install using your favourite package manager:
 
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-fixture-config
-    #  or..
-    easy_install pytest-fixture-config
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):

pytest-git/README.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ Creates an empty Git repository for testing that cleans up after itself on teard
 Install using your favourite package installer:
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-git
-    # or
-    easy_install pytest-git
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):

pytest-listener/README.md

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Install using your favourite package manager:
 
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-listener
-    #  or..
-    easy_install pytest-listener
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):

pytest-profiling/README.md

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ generated using [gprof2dot](http://code.google.com/p/jrfonseca/wiki/Gprof2Dot) a
 Install using your favourite package installer:
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-profiling
-    # or
-    easy_install pytest-profiling
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):

pytest-pyramid-server/README.md

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ Install using your favourite package manager:
 
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-pyramid-server
-    #  or..
-    easy_install pytest-pyramid-server
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):

pytest-qt-app/README.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ Set up a Q Application for QT with an X-Window Virtual Framebuffer (Xvfb).
 Install using your favourite package installer:
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-qt-app
-    # or
-    easy_install pytest-qt-app
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):

pytest-shutil/README.md

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ Install using your favourite package manager::
 
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-shutil
-    #  or..
-    easy_install pytest-shutil
-```               
+```
 
 ## Workspace Fixture
 

pytest-svn/README.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ Creates an empty SVN repository for testing that cleans up after itself on teard
 Install using your favourite package installer:
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-svn
-    # or
-    easy_install pytest-svn
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):

pytest-verbose-parametrize/README.md

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ more descriptive than the default (which just outputs id numbers).
 Install with your favourite package manager, and this plugin will automatically be enabled:
 ```bash
 pip install pytest-verbose-parametrize
-# or .. 
-easy_install pytest-verbose-parametrize
 ```
 ## Usage
 

pytest-virtualenv/README.md

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ The fixture has utility methods to install packages and list what's installed.
 Install using your favourite package installer:
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-virtualenv
-    # or
-    easy_install pytest-virtualenv
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):

pytest-webdriver/README.md

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ on test failures.
 Install using your favourite package installer:
 ```bash
     pip install pytest-webdriver
-    # or
-    easy_install pytest-webdriver
 ```
 
 Enable the fixture explicitly in your tests or conftest.py (not required when using setuptools entry points):