Tony Meyer wrote: >>>>> 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).
"bug against PyPI". Where did I say bug against distutils? Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list