On 14 March 2012 02:56, Tarek Ziadé <ta...@ziade.org> wrote: > distutils' bdist is broken (the name of the file does not contain the py > version...)
?? bdist_wininst filenames contain the python version when it matters (i.e., when there are binaries in the file). One thing I dislike about eggs is that the filename includes a Python version for all eggs, even when the package is pure python. I know eggs contain .pyc files (which are version specific) but IMO they shouldn't. Having a python version in the filename where it's not necessary increases the maintenance burden on packagers, who have to generate the extra files, and for users, who have to work out whether the package actually is version specific, or whether they can just install from source. Please can we have a new format that only has a Python version in the filename if it matters? Paul. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
