[issue38727] setup.py sdist --format=gztar should use (equivalent of) `gzip -n`

Steve Dower added the comment: Distutils is now deprecated (see PEP 632) and all tagged issues are being closed. From now until removal, only release blocking issues will be considered for distutils. If this issue does not relate to distutils, please remove the component and reopen it. If

[issue38727] setup.py sdist --format=gztar should use (equivalent of) `gzip -n`

Éric Araujo added the comment: setuptools has its own copy of distutils now. flit is independent of distutils. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue38727] setup.py sdist --format=gztar should use (equivalent of) `gzip -n`

Zack Weinberg added the comment: The code that needs to be changed is in distutils, setuptools just calls into it. I haven't checked flit but I expect it does the same. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue38727] setup.py sdist --format=gztar should use (equivalent of) `gzip -n`

Éric Araujo added the comment: Distutils isn’t used much (directly), I think this should be reported to the tools that create sdists, such as setuptools and flit. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue38727] setup.py sdist --format=gztar should use (equivalent of) `gzip -n`

New submission from Zack Weinberg : Recent versions of the gzip command-line utility have an option `-n` which causes it to omit the FNAME field of the gzip file header, and write out the MTIME field as zero. Both of these properties are desirable when constructing reproducible build