[Python-Dev] Zip format (was: Questions about distutils strategy )

[Guido van Rossum]

> How about only adding those parts which would be needed to
> at least deflate the ZIP archive contents ?

Ditto -- still lots of portability issues I bet.

> If the ZIP archive format becomes the standard for Python, we'd
> have to ensure that all Python users can read them. Well, at
> least that's what I would expect from a standard format :-)

There's a simple solution: don't use compression.  With current disk
prices it's really not worth it.  Let the installer do the
decompression (installers travel across networks where compression
*is* worth it).

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)