From aadd402f6eac903b776dfbed87f81494493af2bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Woodruff Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 15:25:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] sdist: fix normative language around pax Signed-off-by: William Woodruff --- source/specifications/source-distribution-format.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/specifications/source-distribution-format.rst b/source/specifications/source-distribution-format.rst index 9ac93be7b..b877e87d5 100644 --- a/source/specifications/source-distribution-format.rst +++ b/source/specifications/source-distribution-format.rst @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ at their respective paths relative to the root directory of the sdist No other content of a sdist is required or defined. Build systems can store whatever information they need in the sdist to build the project. -The tarball should use the modern POSIX.1-2001 pax tar format, which specifies +The tarball must use the modern POSIX.1-2001 pax tar format, which specifies UTF-8 based file names. In particular, source distribution files must be readable using the standard library tarfile module with the open flag 'r:gz'.