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

[Greg Ewing]

Paul Moore wrote:

> Personally, I'd be happy if every package that currently distributes
> any form of Windows binaries, distributed a Windows installer. ...
 > I agree that
> expecting *everything* to have a Windows installer is unreasonable.

Would it be feasible to have a generic installer for
.egg files that does whatever a real Windows installer
would have done? Distribute it with Python and make it
launch when you double-click a .egg file.

-- 
Greg