[Python-Dev] Killing off bdist_dumb (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
13 Nov 2002 23:37:48 +0100

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

OK, but bdistwininst feels fragile (especially when I see checkins of a pile of binary gunk each time something has changed). Zip files are a lowest common denominator.

That was my impression also, but I regained trust when I understood that we actually do have the source for those binaries :-) see

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/python/distutils/misc/install.c?annotate=1.22

Why do you want to lose bdistdumb?

I don't want to lose it, but I wouldn't mind losing it if it simplifies something. I guess that makes it +0.

Regards, Martin