[Distutils] The "dist" command

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Greg Ward writes:
 > explictly, you're welcome to do so!  If you want automated help in doing
 > so, may I suggest the 'find(1)' command?  >smirk<

  I don't think there's any equivalent for Windows without buying 3rd
party addons (not an acceptable alternative).  It would be easy to
implement using os.path.walk(); I'm sure an interested Windows-bound
reader of this group could contribute such a beast.

 > Oh, one comment on the idea of separate MANIFESTs for source and binary
 > distributions: no.  The binary distribution should be built from the
 > 'build' directory; the whole point of that directory is to make
 > installation and the generation of binary (err, built) distributions

  It's too early to say, probably:  those of us dragging our feet need 
more experience with what you already have before we can say that it's 
absolutely required or you can say that it absolutely isn't.


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.	     <fdrake@acm.org>
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