[Distutils] Killing off bdist_dumb

[Andrew MacIntyre]

At the moment I use ZIP archives for the OS/2 EMX port, but I don't 
use bdist_dumb - I remember trying to use it, but can't remember why 
I stopped trying.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A.M. Kuchling [mailto:akuchlin@mems-exchange.org]
> Sent: Thursday, 14 November 2002 9:31 AM
> To: distutils-sig@python.org
> Cc: python-dev@python.org
> Subject: [Distutils] Killing off bdist_dumb
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> In the commentary attached to bug #410541, I suggest removing the
> bdist_dumb command, because no interesting platforms actually install
> from zip files.  
> 
> Are there any platforms Python supports, such as Slackware, BeOS,
> AtheOS, or whatever, where the convention is to do binary
> installations from .zip files?  Any objections to killing bdist_dumb?
> 
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