how to use distutils to create executable .zip file?
问题 Python 2.6 and beyond has the ability to directly execute a .zip file if the zip file contains a __main__.py file at the top of the zip archive. I'm wanting to leverage this feature to provide preview releases of a tool I'm developing that won't require users to install anything beyond copying the .zip file to their disk. Is there a standard way to create such a zip file? I'm looking for a solution that works with python 2.6 and python 2.7. Ideally I would like to use distutils, since I