Re: Questions regarding Python packaging

[Lars-Dominik Braun]

Hi Tanguy,

> So, I've tried packaging `python-keyring` with those two…
> 
> `pep517` keeps on trying to download dependencies, which won't work.
> 
> `build` crashes with "ZIP does not support timestamps before 1980",
> which, I guess is related to the fact that everything in the store is
> timestamped to January 1st 1970.
have you been looking into a python-build-system using `build`[1]? I’ve
had the same issue with egg versions set to 0.0.0 and think in the long
run moving to a PEP 517-style build is the way forward.

Cheers,
Lars

[1] https://github.com/pypa/build