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

Andrew MacIntyre Andrew.MacIntyre@aba.gov.au
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:16:05 +1100

At the moment I use ZIP archives for the OS/2 EMX port, but I don't use bdist_dumb - I remember trying to use it, but can't remember why I stopped trying.

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-----Original Message----- From: A.M. Kuchling [mailto:akuchlin@mems-exchange.org] Sent: Thursday, 14 November 2002 9:31 AM To: distutils-sig@python.org Cc: python-dev@python.org Subject: [Distutils] Killing off bdistdumb

[CC'ed to python-dev, distutils-sig; followups to distutils-sig] In the commentary attached to bug #410541, I suggest removing the bdistdumb command, because no interesting platforms actually install from zip files. Are there any platforms Python supports, such as Slackware, BeOS, AtheOS, or whatever, where the convention is to do binary installations from .zip files? Any objections to killing bdistdumb? --amk (www.amk.ca) ROSALIND: My pride fell with my fortune. -- As You Like It, I, ii

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