.zip release format breaks Anaconda build

[bmcguirk]

Hi there -

Just wanted to pass along that having your release on Pypi as a .zip file instead of a .tar.gz breaks the Anaconda build process. Some part of the conda build process assumes a .tar.gz file downloaded from Pypi. The only way to fix the recipe is to manually change the meta.yaml file that gets generated to specify .zip.

Here's my conda info:

     active environment : None
       user config file : $HOME\.condarc
 populated config files : $HOME\.condarc
          conda version : 4.8.2
    conda-build version : 3.17.8
         python version : 3.7.3.final.0
       virtual packages : __cuda=10.1
       base environment : C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3  (writable)
           channel URLs : https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch
          package cache : C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\pkgs
                          $HOME\.conda\pkgs
                          $HOME\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
       envs directories : C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs
                          $HOME\.conda\envs
                          $HOME\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
               platform : win-64
             user-agent : conda/4.8.2 requests/2.21.0 CPython/3.7.3 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.17134
          administrator : True
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False

To reproduce:

$ conda skeleton pypi graphviz
$ conda build graphviz

FYI - this is true if you run conda skeleton pypi graphviz and conda skeleton pypi graphviz --recursive.

Here is the output:

Preparing transaction: ...working... done
Verifying transaction: ...working... done
Executing transaction: ...working... done
WARNING: symlink_conda() is deprecated.
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): ...working... done
Solving environment: ...working... done
WARNING: symlink_conda() is deprecated.
Source cache directory is: C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\conda-bld\src_cache
INFO:conda_build.source:Source cache directory is: C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\conda-bld\src_cache
INFO conda_build.source:download_to_cache(43): Source cache directory is: C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\conda-bld\src_cache
Downloading source to cache: graphviz-0.13.2_60acbeee34.tar.gz
INFO:conda_build.source:Downloading source to cache: graphviz-0.13.2_60acbeee34.tar.gz
INFO conda_build.source:download_to_cache(66): Downloading source to cache: graphviz-0.13.2_60acbeee34.tar.gz
Downloading https://pypi.io/packages/source/g/graphviz/graphviz-0.13.2.tar.gz
INFO:conda_build.source:Downloading https://pypi.io/packages/source/g/graphviz/graphviz-0.13.2.tar.gz
INFO conda_build.source:download_to_cache(80): Downloading https://pypi.io/packages/source/g/graphviz/graphviz-0.13.2.tar.gz
Error: HTTP 404 NOT FOUND for url <https://pypi.io/packages/source/g/graphviz/graphviz-0.13.2.tar.gz>
Elapsed: 00:00.408915

An HTTP error occurred when trying to retrieve this URL.
HTTP errors are often intermittent, and a simple retry will get you on your way.
WARNING:conda_build.source:Error: HTTP 404 NOT FOUND for url <https://pypi.io/packages/source/g/graphviz/graphviz-0.13.2.tar.gz>
Elapsed: 00:00.408915

An HTTP error occurred when trying to retrieve this URL.
HTTP errors are often intermittent, and a simple retry will get you on your way.
WARNING conda_build.source:download_to_cache(84): Error: HTTP 404 NOT FOUND for url <https://pypi.io/packages/source/g/graphviz/graphviz-0.13.2.tar.gz>

If you modify the recipe meta.yaml file to manually point to a .zip extension, it just works.

You're within your rights to say that maybe this is a conda or Pypi issue, but I thought I'd document it here.

[bmcguirk]

What an idiot. Wrong repo. Closing.