Change proposal for python-build-system (was: Zipped Python .egg-files)

2016-09-26 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Am 26.09.2016 um 00:14 schrieb Leo Famulari: > On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 10:12:18PM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote: >> [...] >> There is a related bug for this: >> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20765 > As that bug report points out, the primary problem with compressed eggs > is that any

Re: Zipped Python .egg-files

2016-09-26 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Am 25.09.2016 um 23:12 schrieb Marius Bakke: > There is a related bug for this: > https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20765 > > You can search for that URL in python.scm to find workarounds. IC, I even commented on this bug. Maybe it's time I submit a patch? :-\ -- Regards Hartmut

Re: Zipped Python .egg-files

2016-09-25 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 10:12:18PM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote: > Hartmut Goebel writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I just packaged a Python package and found was generating a zipped > > .egg-file - which is not that bad, since this saved space. > > > > But: This zip-file does

Re: Zipped Python .egg-files

2016-09-25 Thread Marius Bakke
Hartmut Goebel writes: > Hi, > > I just packaged a Python package and found was generating a zipped > .egg-file - which is not that bad, since this saved space. > > But: This zip-file does include recent time-stamps. > > I assume this is wrong, isn't it? Can

Zipped Python .egg-files

2016-09-25 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Hi, I just packaged a Python package and found was generating a zipped .egg-file - which is not that bad, since this saved space. But: This zip-file does include recent time-stamps. I assume this is wrong, isn't it? Can somebody more skilled than me please implement something like