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Title: bdist_wininst does not play well with unicode descriptions
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: Distutils Versions: Python 2.7
process
Status: closed Resolution: out of date
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: eric.araujo Nosy List: Sergio.Callegari, eric.araujo, loewis, serhiy.storchaka, tarek
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2013-03-14 16:59 by Sergio.Callegari, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (5)
msg184172 - (view) Author: Sergio Callegari (Sergio.Callegari) Date: 2013-03-14 16:59
When creating an installer with bdist_wininst, any unicode characters in the description and long_description fields get mangled when running the installer.
msg184176 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2013-03-14 17:15
Would you like to work on a patch?
msg184185 - (view) Author: Sergio Callegari (Sergio.Callegari) Date: 2013-03-14 20:06
On 14/03/2013 18:15, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis added the comment:
>
> Would you like to work on a patch?
>
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> nosy: +loewis
>
> _______________________________________
> Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17420>
> _______________________________________
I'd like to, but I really have no clue on bdist_wininst since I develop on Linux 
and only occasionally I need to package something so that it can be installed in 
Win.
In my linux machine which is ubuntu based bdist_ininst does not even work since 
some piece of it is apparently not installed in debian :-(

Sergio
msg184200 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2013-03-14 22:10
> I'd like to, but I really have no clue on bdist_wininst

That's perfectly fine. If people make feature requests, it's
often uncertain whether they lack time or knowledge, or are
merely to shy/uncertain to propose a patch. So somebody else
needs to volunteer to work on this.
msg370435 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2020-05-31 12:55
Python 2.7 is no longer supported.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:42adminsetgithub: 61622
2020-05-31 12:55:44serhiy.storchakasetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + serhiy.storchaka
messages: + msg370435

resolution: out of date
stage: resolved
2013-03-16 01:41:29eric.araujosetassignee: eric.araujo

components: + Distutils
nosy: + eric.araujo, tarek
2013-03-14 22:10:58loewissetmessages: + msg184200
2013-03-14 20:06:03Sergio.Callegarisetmessages: + msg184185
2013-03-14 17:15:53loewissetnosy: + loewis
messages: + msg184176
2013-03-14 16:59:41Sergio.Callegaricreate