[issue13172] Improve detection of availability of bdist_msi command

Changes by Éric Araujo : -- resolution: -> out of date stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue13172] Improve detection of availability of bdist_msi command

Éric Araujo added the comment: > The existing traceback doesn't even mention _msi. Looks like #12703, which I’m going to fix shortly. -- dependencies: +Improve error reporting for packaging.util.resolve_name ___ Python tracker

[issue13172] Improve detection of availability of bdist_msi command

Paul Moore added the comment: > Would you be satisfied with a more helpful traceback that would point you > immediately to missing msi?  Do you prefer that bdist_msi > catch an ImportError for _msi and print a short error message instead of a > traceback in all its glory? I'd be happy with a

[issue13172] Improve detection of availability of bdist_msi command

Éric Araujo added the comment: > Arguably, the command shouldn't fail, it should simply omit the bdist_msi > command from the listing. > But as _msi is part of Python, the installation is broken if it isn't present > so I guess that > handling the issue gracefully isn't really important. My fi