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distutils: Remove bdist_wininst command #86968

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vstinner opened this issue Jan 1, 2021 · 7 comments
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distutils: Remove bdist_wininst command #86968

vstinner opened this issue Jan 1, 2021 · 7 comments
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vstinner commented Jan 1, 2021

BPO 42802
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  • bpo-42802: Remove distutils bdist_wininst command #24043
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    vstinner commented Jan 1, 2021

    Attached PR removes it.

    The bdist_wininst command was deprecated in Python 3.8:

    commit 1da4462
    Author: Victor Stinner <vstinner@redhat.com>
    Date: Fri Jul 5 10:44:12 2019 +0200

    bpo-37481: Deprecate distutils bdist_wininst command (GH-14553)

The distutils bdist_wininst command is now deprecated, use
bdist_wheel (wheel packages) instead.

    "What’s New In Python 3.9: Build Changes" also announced:

    • On non-Windows platforms, creating ``bdist_wininst`` installers is now
      officially unsupported. (See :issue:`10945` for more details.)

    https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.9.html#build-changes

    See bpo-37481 and:
    https://discuss.python.org/t/deprecate-bdist-wininst/1929

    @vstinner vstinner added 3.10 only security fixes stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir labels Jan 1, 2021
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    vstinner commented Jan 1, 2021

    There are 19 issues (+ this one) on bdist_wininst. Once distutils bdist_wininst command will be removed, I propose to all these issues.

    Search for open issues with "bdist_wininst" in the title.

    Only bpo-41771 was active recently (3 months ago). The 18 other issues are inactive for between 18 months and 121 months (10 years!).

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    vstinner commented Jan 1, 2021

    FYI last year, I fixed setuptools v45.2 (released in February 2020) when bdist_wininst is missing:
    pypa/setuptools@5d17586

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    vstinner commented Jan 1, 2021

    Note: bdist_msi is deprecated since Python 3.9 (bpo-39586). I prefer to wait for Python 3.11 to remove it:

    commit 29b3fc0
    Author: Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
    Date: Mon Feb 10 15:26:40 2020 +0200

    bpo-39586: Deprecate distutils bdist_msi command (GH-18415)

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    vstinner commented Jan 1, 2021

    I created a https://discuss.python.org/t/remove-bdist-wininst-command/6434 topic to check if anyone wants to keep the command, or if it's ok to remove it right now.

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    vstinner commented Jan 8, 2021

    New changeset 0e2a0f7 by Victor Stinner in branch 'master':
    bpo-42802: Remove distutils bdist_wininst command (GH-24043)
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    I closed the 19 open issues which contained "wininst" in their title as "wont fix" with the message:

    "The distutils bdist_wininst command has been removed in Python 3.10: see bpo-42802."

    You can simply search for closed issue which contains "wininst" in their title if you want to list them.

    @ezio-melotti ezio-melotti transferred this issue from another repository Apr 10, 2022
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