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

[Paul Moore]

2009/4/9 Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org>:
>> Is there a technical reason why Windows users cannot build the
>> installers themselves from "pure Python" sdists?
>
> No. There's even a script that automates the process completely.  It allows
> to build bdist_wininst installers by drag and drop.
>
> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/117248/
[...]
> Not that it has gained much interest, afaik.

I, for one, never even knew it existed. That's pretty neat.

Paul.