I have updated the PR as requested: 1. Specify the PAX format, and note that it is not yet the default for the tarfile module in Python. 2. Updated the self-contained backend example with Nick's suggestions.
Thomas On Wed, Jun 14, 2017, at 08:53 AM, Paul Moore wrote: > On 14 June 2017 at 02:53, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While the > > standard library does still default to GNU_FORMAT in general, the > > stated rationale for doing so (it being more widely supported than > > PAX_FORMAT) was last updated more than 10 years ago, and I don't think > > it applies here. > > Maybe add a note to the PEP explicitly calling out the fact that this > isn't the default behaviour for the stdlib? Otherwise I bet people > will miss this point. (Some people will probably miss it even with a > note, but we improve the odds :-)) > > Paul _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
