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[Python-Dev] Zip format (was: Questions about distutils strategy ) [Python-Dev] Zip format (was: Questions about distutils strategy )Guido van Rossum guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:29:36 -0500
> 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/)



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