[Python-Dev] Re: [Distutils] Questions about distutils strategy

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "JW" == Jean-Claude Wippler <jcw@equi4.com> writes:

    JW> Same for Wrap.  Standard tools would not see the preceding ZIP
    JW> groups.

    JW> In terms of maintenance, I'd avoid this trick.  I merely
    JW> wanted to point out that zip archives can be stacked, if the
    JW> reader is set up to it.

I agree.  I can't recall the details now, but I had a lot of problems
with zip concatenation in JPython.  I think at least some of the older
Java tools for groking zips don't work with contatenation.

-Barry