How do you upload a gzip package to PyPI on Windows

Question

On Windows, I have uploaded a package using the following command:

python setup.py sdist bdist_wininst upload

However, due to my using Python on Windows, it uploads a zip file instead of a gzip file. How can I make it send a gzip along with it?

Answer 1

You can specify the formats of the compressed source files:

python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip