I would like to know how does python 2.4 work for my case w/o the new added feature in 2.6? Do you guys know?
You can just grab the zipfile.py file from within the 2.6 distribution[1] and dump it in your project folder. Python should find it before it finds the 2.4 version in the $PYTHONPATH. While you can also overwrite the older stock version in the $PYTHON_LIB_DIR directory, I recommend against it.
-tkc (for future reference, please don't top-post) [1] http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Lib/zipfile.py -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list