[WIP] Add new build options for setup.py #613
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Please add an entry to the NEWS file about this new possibility for packagers (so they notice it without digging in the code).
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@wagner-certat The current release procedure doesn't generate the NEWS file until the release is prepared, though I would like to change that with #592. That said, "add documentation" is one of the bullet points. |
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Fixes #597.
This will add the
--no-zoneinfo,--tzfilesand--tzpathcommand line arguments so that downstream distributors can easily build versions of this where they are better able to manage howzoneinfofiles are distributed.To do:
zoneinfotarball is not distributed.sdist?pipCC: @wagner-certat @agx @ericvw @jelly @hguemar
Thoughts from downstream distributors about how much this would help? Would something else be preferable?
The whole thing is a bit of a monstrous hack, unfortunately, but I think it's slightly preferable to everyone patching themselves.