[Distutils] windows installer

[Thomas Heller]

> i have a problem with the bdist_wininst target for one of my projects.
> 
> on Unix (where i use sdist), i override the install command class to
> do some customisation and configuration on the destination machine,
> but with bdist_wininst, the install command is run on the packager's
> machine, not the target.
> 
> i'd like to be able to register COM servers, create start-menu
> shortcuts, etc, from within the installer.
> 
> so ...
> 
> what do people think about allowing an additional option in the
> setup.cfg, understood by bdist_wininst (and, more particularly,
> wininst.exe) that is the name of a script to be run by the selected
> interpreter after completing the installation?
> 
> i could then install a `post_wininst.py' script, add it setup.cfg, and
> when run from wininst.exe, it could do the post-installation things, and
> if necessary, even remove itself when done.  when the script exits,
> wininst.exe can splash the final wizard pane, and exit.
> 
This is an idea I also had in my mind for quite some time,
but I have not yet added to my (overloaded) todo list.

Thomas