Issue #27819: Simply default to gztar for sdist formats by default on all platforms.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
index 35a06eb..f1b8d91 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@
negative_opt = {'no-defaults': 'use-defaults',
'no-prune': 'prune' }
- default_format = {'posix': 'gztar',
- 'nt': 'zip' }
-
sub_commands = [('check', checking_metadata)]
def initialize_options(self):
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@
self.manifest_only = 0
self.force_manifest = 0
- self.formats = None
+ self.formats = ['gztar']
self.keep_temp = 0
self.dist_dir = None
@@ -126,13 +123,6 @@
self.template = "MANIFEST.in"
self.ensure_string_list('formats')
- if self.formats is None:
- try:
- self.formats = [self.default_format[os.name]]
- except KeyError:
- raise DistutilsPlatformError(
- "don't know how to create source distributions "
- "on platform %s" % os.name)
bad_format = archive_util.check_archive_formats(self.formats)
if bad_format:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7429608..5da7f8a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #27819: In distutils sdists, simply produce the "gztar" (gzipped tar
+ format) distributions on all platforms unless "formats" is supplied.
+
- Issue #2466: posixpath.ismount now correctly recognizes mount points which
the user does not have permission to access.