lemburg mbuegenixcom 20080320 2134 paul moore wrote also setuptoolsbased packages build bdist_wininst installers fact memory serves added feature request know python setuppy bdist_wininst thank adding miss point people starting omit distributing bdist_wininst installers favour eggs knowledge convert egg bdist_wininst installer cant compile source c extension complex dependencies example youre stuck sense youre forced use eggs without addremove programs support might want look egenix prebuilt packages alternative include information necessary let standard distutils continue works build step basically distribution package looks build step run package wrapped using packager like bdist_wininst bdist_msi installed system download prebuilt package create eg msi installer wininst exe without needing compiler addition providing options standard distutils install command makes repackaging part larger applications easy well logic included mxsetuppy ships prebuilt packages httpwwwegenixcomproductspythonmxbasedownload httpwwwegenixcomproductspythonmxbaseinstallation current version yet perfect next iteration also play nice distutils extensions marcandre lemburg egenixcom professional python services directly source 1 mar 20 2008 pythonzope consulting support httpwwwegenixcom mxodbczopedatabaseadapter httpzopeegenixcom mxodbc mxdatetime mxtexttools httppythonegenixcom ________________________________________________________________________ try mxodbczopeda windowslinuxsolarismacosx free egenixcom software skills services gmbh pastorloehstr48 d40764 langenfeld germany ceo diplmath marcandre lemburg registered amtsgericht duesseldorf hrb 46611 _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 184713 0100 pythondev pep 365 adding pkg_resources module