Directory vs. symlink in tarballs

[Anders F Björklund]

free at 64studio.com:

> Note that the contents of the tests/data/deb directory in 1.2 are
> exactly the same as aptdeb/dists/component/binary-i386, so in  
> principle
> the tests/data/deb directory could be replaced by symlink as it  
> used to
> be in the 1.1 tarball.
>
> The bzr repository has a symlink, so I guess this change in the 1.2
> tarball wasn't deliberate but rather happened by accident?


Well it could be, but then again the "windows" branch kinda hates it...

I do think it was an accident, though. Unless setup.py "sdist" does it ?

--anders