New bdist_wininst
(From the readme file:) This is a new release of the distutils windows installer. The known bug (bogus error message when an empty file is extracted) is fixed. Other changes: - The target-compile and target-optimize flags of bdist_wininst are gone. It is no longer possible to compile the python files during installation. - The zlib module is no longer required or used by bdist_wininst. - I moved the decompression/extraction code into a separate file (extract.c). - The installer stub is now compressed by UPX (see http://upx.tsx.org/). This reduces the size of the exe (and thus the overhead of the final installer program) from 40 kB to 16 kB. - The installer displays a more uptodate user wizard-like user interface, also containing a graphic: Just's Python Powered logo. (I could not convince myself to use one of the BeOpen logos). - The installation progress bar now moves correctly. Greg, the zip-file contains complete files, not diffs. When you check it in, note that archive.h, extract.c, install.c, install.rc, README.txt, resource.h, wininst.dsp, wininst.dsw and bdist_wininst.py are text-files in DOS format. PythonPowered.bmp and wininst.exe are binary files and should be checked in with -kb. (I'm not sure if wininst.exe should be checked in at all) Thomas Heller
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Greg Ward
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Thomas Heller