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>> So, do you think adding a warning about symlink
>> handling issues in the docs would be enough?
> Given the constraints, yes, it would be good to have that warning in
> the docs.
Okay. Adding the easy keyword to lure contributors.
> Even better would be a runtime hint like
I’m not a fan of the idea. You have to keep warnings few if you want people to heed them.
>> For distutils2 however, compatibility concerns do not apply yet,
>> so we’re free to fix and document symlink handling.
Thinking again about that, I wonder if there is something to fix at all; tar is a smart container format whereas zip is simpler, so I would not be surprised if the 
source of the difference is just that zip cannot contain links.