[python-win32] Distutils and binaries without compilation

[Niki Spahiev]

Mark English wrote:
> The short version of this question is how do you include binaries in a
> distribution without including their source ?
> 
[...]
> 
> If I use py2exe to compile a script which depends on this package, it
> pulls in all the relevant parts just like I want, but of course I end up
> with an executable rather than a "module distribution", and presumably
> this would also be useless for Unix builds. I'm guessing there's some
> easy way to do this which I haven't found yet, so I'd be grateful for
> any insight.

What is wrong with python setup.py bdist_wininst?
This is what pywin32 uses.

HTH
Niki Spahiev