[Python-Dev] non-US zip archives support in zipfile.py

[Antoine Pitrou]

Hello,

On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:55:05 +0400
Sergey Dorofeev <python at fidoman.ru> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to submit patch to support zip archives created on systems that 
> use non-US codepage (e.g. russian CP866).
> Codepage would be specified in additional parameter of ZipFile 
> constructor, named "codepage".
> If it is not specified, old behavior is preserved (use CP437).

Thanks for contributing! Patches posted on the mailing-list tend to get
lost. You should open an issue on the bug tracker and post your patch
there:
http://bugs.python.org/

Also, the devguide can help you know how to make your patch more
complete (for example by adding unit tests):
http://docs.python.org/devguide/

Regards

Antoine.