[Python-Dev] PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

[Paul Moore]

On 18 February 2015 at 20:48, Jim J. Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Barry Warsaw wrote:
>>> I don't know exactly what the procedure would be to claim .pyz for *nix,
>>> e.g. updating /etc/mime.types, but I think the PEP should at least mention
>>> this.  I think we want to get as official support for .pyz files on *nix as
>>> possible.
>
> Paul Moore wrote:
>> I'll add a note to the PEP, but I have no idea how we would even go
>> about that, so that's all I can do, unfortunately.
>
> Are you just looking for
>
>     http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml
>
> and its references, including the registration procedures
>
>     http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6838#section-4.2.5
>
> and the application form at
>
>     http://www.iana.org/form/media-types
>
> ?

That covers mime types, but not file extensions, so it's not really
what *I* thought Barry was talking about.

Actually, I guess the first question is whether ".py" is reserved for
Python scripts. If it is, then certainly /pyz should be reserved in a
similar way for Python Zip Applications. If there's no formal
registration of .py, then it seems a bit unreasonable to bother for
.pyz...

Also, I don't think reserving anything is something I, as an
individual (and specifically a non-Unix user) should do. It probably
should be handled by the PSF, as the process seems to need a contact
email address...

Paul