[issue39586] Deprecate bdist_msi: use bdist_wheel instead

Hugo van Kemenade added the comment: Following this deprecation in Python 3.9, please see https://bugs.python.org/issue45124 / https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/28195 to remove the deprecation in Python 3.11. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue39586] Deprecate bdist_msi: use bdist_wheel instead

STINNER Victor added the comment: Steve Dower who knows well Windows installer discourage users to use MSI: https://discuss.python.org/t/remove-distutils-bdist-wininst-command/3115/14 Other pip developers want to get ride of everything but sdist and bdist_wheel formats: https://discuss.python

[issue39586] Deprecate bdist_msi: use bdist_wheel instead

STINNER Victor added the comment: New changeset 29b3fc0a18f105de666fdd586b537f34e349766d by Hugo van Kemenade in branch 'master': bpo-39586: Deprecate distutils bdist_msi command (GH-18415) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/29b3fc0a18f105de666fdd586b537f34e349766d -- nosy: +v

[issue39586] Deprecate bdist_msi: use bdist_wheel instead

Change by Hugo van Kemenade : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +17790 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18415 ___ Python tracker __

[issue39586] Deprecate bdist_msi: use bdist_wheel instead

New submission from Hugo van Kemenade : According to the "Deprecate bdist_wininst" discussion (July 2019), bdist_msi can be deprecated: https://discuss.python.org/t/deprecate-bdist-wininst/1929 Victor Stinner wrote: "Now the question is if someone here wants to go further is deprecate all di