Commit 06c95ce1 authored by Jason R. Coombs's avatar Jason R. Coombs

Merge pull request #542 from ncoghlan/patch-1

Update rationale for the zip_safe flag
parents 4582466b 52d420e6
...@@ -1270,7 +1270,8 @@ Creating System Packages ...@@ -1270,7 +1270,8 @@ Creating System Packages
Setting the ``zip_safe`` flag Setting the ``zip_safe`` flag
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For maximum performance, Python packages are best installed as zip files. For some use cases (such as bundling as part of a larger application), Python
packages may be run directly from a zip file.
Not all packages, however, are capable of running in compressed form, because Not all packages, however, are capable of running in compressed form, because
they may expect to be able to access either source code or data files as they may expect to be able to access either source code or data files as
normal operating system files. So, ``setuptools`` can install your project normal operating system files. So, ``setuptools`` can install your project
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