zip module password

[Peter Hansen]

Michele Petrazzo wrote:
> Is there a method for add a password to a file created by zip module?

This link 
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=698833&group_id=5470
suggests that there is no such support in the standard zipfile module
yet, but that a patch has been available for some time (but has
not yet been accepted).

Google found this, and other notes on the topic...

-Peter