[Distutils] bdist_deb in stdeb
Gerry Reno
greno at verizon.net
Tue Sep 29 07:56:56 CEST 2009
Olof Bjarnason wrote:
> OK I'm sorry for starting some kind of "battle" here :)
>
> I guess "sdist_*" stands for "source distribution", and likewise
> "bdist_*" stands for "binary distribution"?
>
> Tell a rookie like me: what is a binary distribution of a python
> application? It feels like an awkward concept.
>
>
It would be something like an .rpm or a .deb file or a windows installer
file.
Regards,
Gerry
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