[Distutils] Python people want CPAN and how the latter came about

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> Yes, that use case is rare (and bizarre), but the desire to convert
> Windows-platform eggs to .msi or .exe installers is not so rare and does
> not present the same level of difficulty. The latter is the use case
> David was referring to, not the one you outlined.

Why do people want to do that? Can't they build the type of package they
want from the source package?

Regards,
Martin