Version 0.3.7 of distlib has recently been released on PyPI [1]. For newcomers, distlib is a library of packaging functionality which is intended to be usable as the basis for third-party packaging tools.
The main changes in this release are as follows:
* Handle bare newlines when parsing metadata.
* Use version comparison logic for python_full_version.
* Fix shebang computation for source builds of Python.
* Extract tarfiles more safely by incorporating tarfile filters.
* Check for 'has_cert' attribute before using it.
* Fix #200: Improve conformance to PEP440.
* Fix #203: Handle parsing of export entries to allow script names such as "," or ",foo".
A more detailed change log is available at [2].
Please try it out, and if you find any problems or have any suggestions for improvements, please give some feedback using the issue tracker at [3].
Regards,
Vinay Sajip
[1] https://pypi.org/project/distlib/0.3.7/
[2] https://distlib.readthedocs.io/en/0.3.7/overview.html#change-log-for-distlib
[3] https://github.com/pypa/distlib/issues/new/choose
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The main changes in this release are as follows:
* Handle bare newlines when parsing metadata.
* Use version comparison logic for python_full_version.
* Fix shebang computation for source builds of Python.
* Extract tarfiles more safely by incorporating tarfile filters.
* Check for 'has_cert' attribute before using it.
* Fix #200: Improve conformance to PEP440.
* Fix #203: Handle parsing of export entries to allow script names such as "," or ",foo".
A more detailed change log is available at [2].
Please try it out, and if you find any problems or have any suggestions for improvements, please give some feedback using the issue tracker at [3].
Regards,
Vinay Sajip
[1] https://pypi.org/project/distlib/0.3.7/
[2] https://distlib.readthedocs.io/en/0.3.7/overview.html#change-log-for-distlib
[3] https://github.com/pypa/distlib/issues/new/choose
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