On 7/12/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The patch suggests using .pyz and adding a default association to the > > installer (much like .py and .pyw have). > > Ok. It would be good if the patch actually added that extension, rather > than merely suggesting that it should be added.
So does everyone agree that there should be a new extension called .pyz? And that the definition of this is a .zip file with a __zipmain__.py module at its root? If so, I can make the change... I haven't looked around the codebase yet but it sounds easy enough. This makes it seem like a bigger change than it is, but I think it's the right thing to do to support Windows properly. Other points: * I think it's true that the shebang line should only have one argument. * Does anyone else want to change the -z flag to make more sense for directories (and possibly change __zipmain__.py to __main__.py)? In thinking about this again, I am not sure I can come up with a real use case. I think it's sufficient to treat it as a documented "trick" that you can substitute a whole directory for a zip file with the -z flag. If there is a concrete suggestion, I'd like to discuss it, but otherwise it seems like we'll get bogged down in expanding use cases. * Magically looking at the first argument to see if it's a zip file seems problematic to me. I'd rather be explicit with the -z flag. Likewise, I'd rather be explicit and call it __zipmain__ rather than __main__. thanks, Andy _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
