[Distutils] Can Distutils handle this ?

[David Cournapeau]

Benedikt.Naessens at niko.be wrote:
>
> Ok,
>
> Maybe I will make the question shorter : is distutils the right tool
> for the problems described below ? Or should I rather use a tool like
> InnoSetup or a Windows installer (made in .NET) ?
>

The install process of distutils is extremely cumbersome, and not easy
to control; if you want to install things outside your own package
(libraries which are not built with distutils, etc...), you will have a
hard time. I think you should use an installer, indeed,

David