[Distutils] Distutils changes - end user requirements (Was: Deprecate MANIFEST.in)

[Eric Smith]

Paul Moore wrote:
> An
> egg->bdist_wininst converter would fix this issue. As would everyone
> standardising on bdist_wininst (which, as per the previous message,
> appears to be prefectly feasible given that bdist_wininst seems to be
> a strict superset of egg...)

I don't think this is true. I don't think bdist_wininst supports the 
buildout use case where I want to install multiple versions of multiple 
packages in different (or even the same) directory. This is a critical 
use case for Zope/Plone apps.