[Distutils] PEP: Improving Python ZIP Application Support

[Nick Coghlan]

On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at yvrsfo.ca> wrote:

> I would suggest allowing multiple versions for compilation (when
> specified). There should also be a check that people don't specify multiple
> versions that can't exist on the same directory (e.g 2.6 and 2.7).
> Otherwise the compileall module's CLI handles this and people can call it
> with different interpreters as necessary.
>
> IOW I'm advocating KISS for what the tool does. Since making the zip file
> is only really tricky bit it should only handle that case. Heck you can
> make it part of the zipfile module if there is resistance to adding yet
> another script that python installs (obviously will need a Cheeseshop
> package for older versions).
>
> Otherwise I like everything else.
>

Agreed. However, Tres is right that this is a python-dev PEP rather than a
distutils-sig one :)

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
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