[Python-Dev] Re: [Distutils] Questions about distutils strategy
Barry A. Warsaw
bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us (Barry A. Warsaw)
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 13:17:35 -0500 (EST)
>>>>> "JW" == Jean-Claude Wippler <jcw@equi4.com> writes:
JW> Same for Wrap. Standard tools would not see the preceding ZIP
JW> groups.
JW> In terms of maintenance, I'd avoid this trick. I merely
JW> wanted to point out that zip archives can be stacked, if the
JW> reader is set up to it.
I agree. I can't recall the details now, but I had a lot of problems
with zip concatenation in JPython. I think at least some of the older
Java tools for groking zips don't work with contatenation.
-Barry