[issue27617] Compiled bdist_wininst missing from embedded distribution

Steve Dower added the comment: It's core Python, but it's specifically intended for producing redistributable installers containing Python packages. This is not something that the embedded distro is meant for, and it neatens things up to omit them. There is very little information because it's

[issue27617] Compiled bdist_wininst missing from embedded distribution

Michael Smith added the comment: Thanks so much Steve I got it working right away! I peeked into the bdist_wininst.py and saw that it also depended on some local exe files. Copied both of those to the embedded and everything worked like a charm. I did read the documentation previously so I t

[issue27617] Compiled bdist_wininst missing from embedded distribution

Steve Dower added the comment: Also, the doc page at https://docs.python.org/3.5/using/windows.html describes this in more detail. (Though it doesn't yet refer to the Nuget packages as those are an experiment that I may or may not continue.) -- ___

[issue27617] Compiled bdist_wininst missing from embedded distribution

Steve Dower added the comment: This is deliberate. You should "vendor" packages into the embedded distro by copying them from an install into a regular one. Your application installer should put the correct files onto the user's machine - don't rely on pip. If that last sentence didn't make se

[issue27617] Compiled bdist_wininst missing from embedded distribution

Changes by Ned Deily : -- components: +Windows -Distutils nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware -dstufft, eric.araujo ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue27617] Compiled bdist_wininst missing from embedded distribution

New submission from Michael Smith: It seems that the embedded distribution is missing bdist_wininst.pyc from the python35.zip . If you go to distutils\command, you'll notice only 23 compiled python files, where in the regular web based installer for the same Python version there are 24 python