>>>> setup.py sdist --format=zip >>> >>> Try without the --format arg. The code is being too paranoid. >> >> Result: (A) produces a zip file with only minor differences >> (presumably a timestamp): > > Oh, so even without --format, a ZIP source dist file is > produced anyway? If this is the case, please file a bug against PyPI.
How is this a bug? sdist is meant to produce a zip file on Windows if --format isn't used. If "upload" overrides this for some reason, then the documentation should say so (and, IMO, it would be a mistake for that to be the case). =Tony.Meyer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
