Overview

distutils644 monkey-patches Python distutils to normalize metadata in generated archives:

• ownership (root:root),
• permissions (0644 or 0755),
• order of directory entries (sorted),
• tar format (ustar).

Usage

Add this to setup.py:

try:
    import distutils644
except ImportError:
    pass
else:
    distutils644.install()

Prerequisites

• Python 2.7 or ≥ 3.2
• wheel ≥ 0.7 (for wheel support)