From: wim glenn Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 19:44:13 +0000 (-0500) Subject: gh-107322: zipapp: Remove the suggestion to remove .dist-info directories (#107296) X-Git-Tag: v3.13.0a1~486 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1ee50e2a78f644d81d341a08562073ad169d8cc7;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git gh-107322: zipapp: Remove the suggestion to remove .dist-info directories (#107296) Removed zipapp suggestion to rm .dist-info subdirectories. This totally breaks importlib.metadata --- diff --git a/Doc/library/zipapp.rst b/Doc/library/zipapp.rst index 8cee85b32d2a..7c01fc102fca 100644 --- a/Doc/library/zipapp.rst +++ b/Doc/library/zipapp.rst @@ -281,12 +281,7 @@ The steps to create a standalone archive are as follows: file - if not, you can just list the dependencies manually on the pip command line). -3. Optionally, delete the ``.dist-info`` directories created by pip in the - ``myapp`` directory. These hold metadata for pip to manage the packages, and - as you won't be making any further use of pip they aren't required - - although it won't do any harm if you leave them. - -4. Package the application using: +3. Package the application using: .. code-block:: shell-session