Version 0.4.3 of distlib has recently been released on PyPI. It contains a fix for a regression relating to resource management.
For newcomers, distlib is a library of packaging functionality which is intended to be usable as the basis for third-party packaging tools.
The main changes in this release are as follows:
- In
resources, remove the too-restrictive check for resource path escaping - there are valid use cases for symlinks which point outside the resource tree, such as those used by distro package managers/maintainers.
A more detailed change log is available here.
Please try it out, and if you find any problems or have any suggestions for improvements, please give some feedback using the issue tracker!