problem uploading ZIP file tp PyPI

Tony Meyer t-meyer at ihug.co.nz
Thu May 19 18:49:58 EDT 2005


>>>> setup.py sdist --format=zip
>>>
>>> Try without the --format arg. The code is being too paranoid.
>> 
>> Result: (A) produces a zip file with only minor differences 
>> (presumably a timestamp):
> 
> Oh, so even without --format, a ZIP source dist file is 
> produced anyway? If this is the case, please file a bug against PyPI.

How is this a bug?  sdist is meant to produce a zip file on Windows if
--format isn't used.  If "upload" overrides this for some reason, then the
documentation should say so (and, IMO, it would be a mistake for that to be
the case).

=Tony.Meyer




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