[Python-Dev] Killing off bdist_dumb

[Neal Norwitz]

> > > > bdist_wininst installers *can* also be created on other systems
> > > > as long as they only contain pure Python code - although I've never
> > > > heard of someone actually doing this.
> > 
> >   FWIW, I do this with just about every release I make (and I'm a bit
> > surprised to hear that this isn't a common thing).  While I do have a
> > Windows machine I *could* build releases on (with cygwin though, not MSVC),
> > my release process is mostly automated, and runs on a Linux box.  I don't
> > think the thread is headed in this direction, but just in case, *please*
> > don't break this feature :)
> > 
> Great, but the binary doesn't show on which system it was created.
> 
> I have more the impression, that people release .tar.gz files
> containing a distutils setup.py script, but no PKG-INFO, so the
> tarball isn't created by distutils sdist command. PyChecker is such an
> example, IIRC.

This is correct.  I do release PyChecker as a .tar.gz which contains a
setup.py, but no PKG-INFO.  Should there be one?  I don't use setup.py
to create the .tar.gz.

I've never found the proper way to make releases when I looked.
But that was a long time ago.

Neal