>> My preferences is for .zip (that is what I use for my packages), the >> main reason is that Windows users can always unpack a .zip file. Often >> that is not true for .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 files. > > The reverse is true on Unix. The tar-and-gzip format is extensively used > so it is pretty much guaranteed to be readable on any Unix system; the > Zip format does not have anywhere near the same level of guarantee.
On what modern Linux and Mac OSes is "/usr/bin/unzip" not installed by default? Trent -- Trent Mick [email protected] _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
