[Python-Dev] Zip format (was: Questions about distutils strategy )

[Guido van Rossum]

> There were issues with zlib 1.0.4 and later ones. Also, many
> Linux distributions don't have the zlib header files installed.

Hm.  I don't recall having any problems reported to me.  I'd rather
not include the entire zlib distri in the Python distri -- zlib
is rather big.  Adding only the Unix source would be cheating.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)