[issue6296] Native (and default) tarfile support for setup.py sdist in distutils on Windows

[Georg Brandl]

Georg Brandl <georg at python.org> added the comment:

> Because I'm a unix weenie, and zip files feel like an intrusion from the
> Windows world. I expect source tarballs to be, well, tarballs.  I don't
> say zip shouldn't be the default, I just noted that I personally would
> find that distasteful. ;)

Agreed :)

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