[issue8891] sort files before archiving for consistency

[anatoly techtonik]

anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> added the comment:

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Éric Araujo <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
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>> It would be nice if Python process could allow me to maintain my own
>> patched version of Python stdlibs so that I can use it instead of main
>> stdlib and quickly switch between them.
> It’s free software, you have the right to copy, edit and release it.

Sound good, but in reality I still have to get back the rest of the quote:
"""I wonder if PSF license allows that?"""

> As for the technical aspect of easy switching, editing sys.path seems the way to go, or use PYTHONPATH to give your custom stdlib modules to have precedence over the real stdlib.

Good starting point. The sync with stdlib and patch management is a
bigger issue though.

> I’ll stop being off-topic now. :)

Yep. In Google Wave we could split it earlier and clean up this one. =)

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