[Python-ideas] bdist naming scheme (compatibility tags) PEP

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Daniel Holth wrote:
> Today pypy and CPython's "setup.py bdist" generate the same filename
> but incompatible bdists. 

The distutils "bdist" command is just a generic command which then
runs one of the more specific bdist_* commands (via the --formats
option; defaulting to bdist_dumb).

Since each of these produces different output files (installers,
packages, eggs, etc), you should be more specific about which
command you are referring to.

Reading the PEP, I assume you'd like to change the bdist_dumb output
file name only.

> This makes it difficult to share both bdists
> in the same folder or index. Instead, they should generate different
> bdist filenames because one won't work with the other implementation.
> This PEP specifies a tagging system that includes enough information
> to decide whether a particular bdist is expected to work on a
> particular Python.
> 
> Also at https://bitbucket.org/dholth/python-peps/raw/98cd36228c2e/pep-CTAG.txt
> 
> Thanks for your feedback,
> 
> Daniel Holth
> 
> 
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