Fredrik Lundh wrote: > amk wrote: > > >>In the commentary attached to bug #410541, I suggest removing the >>bdist_dumb command, because no interesting platforms actually install >>from zip files. > > > how is bdist_dumb different from a plain bdist? > > if you decide to keep it in there, can you at least fix the > help text: > > bdist create a built (binary) distribution Hmm, I wonder why bdist is mentioned here: it's the base class driving all the other sub-commands. bdist doesn't do anything on its own. > bdist_dumb create a "dumb" built distribution > bdist_rpm create an RPM distribution > bdist_wininst create an executable installer for MS Windows > > oh, dumb really means "dumb". that's helpful. From the doc-string: create a "dumb" built distribution -- i.e., just an archive to be unpacked under $prefix or $exec_prefix. The short info should probably be: create a drop-in installation archive -- Marc-Andre Lemburg CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH _______________________________________________________________________ eGenix.com -- Makers of the Python mx Extensions: mxDateTime,mxODBC,... Python Consulting: http://www.egenix.com/ Python Software: http://www.egenix.com/files/python/
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