On Jan 29, 2014, at 8:34 AM, Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote:
> > On Jan 29, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 29 January 2014 23:31, Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote: >>> >>> Here's Paul explicitly mentioning that Wheels being used with zip import is >>> an incidental benefit and not a core feature. >>> >>> https://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2013-March/020379.html >> >> Donald, I was *there*. I know what we discussed, and I know what PEP I >> approved. Trying to play gotcha with links *isn't going to work*. >> >> Regards, >> Nick. >> >> -- >> Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia > > If I’m wrong, then by all means show me where it was discussed so I can admit > I was wrong. > > ----------------- > Donald Stufft > PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig Ironically, in another thread [1] on distutils-sig we have Daniel Holth, the author of the PEP stating: The main reason the packaging format is not explicitly importable is simply because Python hasn't had "jar-like" deployment for as long or as consistently as Java. So while Java code universally uses a "get resource" API to get stuff on the classpath, a a lot of Python code will try to open a file. C extensions can't be loaded from inside zip files. And it's a lot harder to edit .py files once they are zipped up, unlike Java where only the compiled and non-editable .class files are zipped. ZIP import is a great feature but wheels aren't really designed for it. It's more reliable that way. [1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2014-January/023554.html ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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