[Distutils] Setuptools installed as zip file

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 11:10 AM 2/20/2007 -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:
>I've received a few reports of setuptools getting installed (via
>ez_setup.py) as a zip file (maybe just on Python 2.5).  Is this
>something new?

It's installed as a zipfile under Python 2.5, becuase Python 2.5 supports 
"-m" being used with zipped modules.


>   Should I expect this possibility?

Yes, since it's the standard behavior.  :)  Actually, it should probably do 
this under Python 2.3 as well, since -m isn't relevant there.  2.4 is 
probably the only version where it shouldn't be installed zipped.


>   (Or I can just use
>--always-unzip with ez_setup.py to make sure it's always installed the
>same way.)

Probably.