I answer myself to put my question on top of the list again.
On Feb 12, 7:47 pm, aspineux <aspin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Python 2.6 can run a zip file, searching for __main__.py in the root > of the zip archive and running it. > How can I create such an archive using distutils (and not > setuptools) ? > > If I use > # python setup.py bdist --format=zip > I get a "dumb" zip file with a deep tree structure from "/" and I > cannot put the __main__.py in the root archive > > If I use > # python setup.py sdist --format=zip > I get a more compact tree. But the tree start bellow directory named > "mypackage-version", > > my-package-1.0/ > setup.py > __main__.py > ........ > > If I use setuptool, generating .EGG I get exacly what I want ! > But I read it is bad to use setuptool and EGGs since pip is > available :-) > > I was hopping distutils have been updated when adding the zip trick, > but I didn't find the trick. > > Help -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
