Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment: >> So, do you think adding a warning about symlink >> handling issues in the docs would be enough? > Given the constraints, yes, it would be good to have that warning in > the docs.
Okay. Adding the easy keyword to lure contributors. > Even better would be a runtime hint like I’m not a fan of the idea. You have to keep warnings few if you want people to heed them. >> For distutils2 however, compatibility concerns do not apply yet, >> so we’re free to fix and document symlink handling. Thinking again about that, I wonder if there is something to fix at all; tar is a smart container format whereas zip is simpler, so I would not be surprised if the source of the difference is just that zip cannot contain links. ---------- components: +Documentation keywords: +easy versions: +3rd party _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12585> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
