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Author vstinner
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Date 2021-01-01.14:28:27
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Attached PR removes it.

The bdist_wininst command was deprecated in Python 3.8:

commit 1da4462765b084dfa8d869b6cb5855e8f6014a11
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
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