problem uploading ZIP file tp PyPI

[richard]

John Machin wrote:
> Sorry in advance if this is not the correct forum ...

Quite. The support link for PyPI is in the sidebar of the site.


> I'm trying to upload what appears to be a perfectly OK zip file as a
> "source" file type to PyPI, and am getting this response:
> 
> Error...
> There's been a problem with your request
> exceptions.ValueError: invalid distribution file

The *only* valid (perfectly OK) source file to upload is a Source
Distribution as generated by the "sdist" setup.py command.


> I have managed to upload a Windows installer, and downloaded it again
> [but the download count is still stuck on zero].

The download counts are updated daily (IIRC).


    Richard