Michael Foord <mich...@voidspace.org.uk> added the comment: Given that Windows can't handle tar files by default but all platforms support zip out of the box wouldn't (unfortunately) zip be a better default?
For the MANIFEST I meant the file called MANIFEST that distutils creates (and includes in the distribution) when you run "setup.py sdist". ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6296> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com