[issue5563] Document bdist_msi

Georg Brandl added the comment: Committed in r70905. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python

[issue5563] Document bdist_msi

Steven Bethard added the comment: Here you go. I built the docs with the attached patch, and everything looks about right to me now. -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file13529/python3-bdist-msi-docs.patch ___ Python tracker

[issue5563] Document bdist_msi

Georg Brandl added the comment: I'll wait for a patch from you, Steven. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Un

[issue5563] Document bdist_msi

Steven Bethard added the comment: The original docs request was for a rationale for using bdist_msi instead of bdist_wininst, but you're right there should be something at least a little specification-y. And we probably want to keep it pretty short, so maybe something like:: .. class: distuti

[issue5563] Document bdist_msi

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: That should all be correct still (except that the status has advanced); using it for the documentation is fine. It's just that it is more rationale than specification. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue5563] Document bdist_msi

Steven Bethard added the comment: I'm thinking of stealing/condensing some of the text from here: http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/home/loewis/msipackage.html Does that seem okay? Is any of that text no longer accurate? (E.g. does bdist_wininst now support Win64?) --

[issue5563] Document bdist_msi

Steven Bethard added the comment: If no one beats me to it, I plan to do this at PyCon. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue5563] Document bdist_msi

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Can you propose specific wording? -- nosy: +loewis ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mail

[issue5563] Document bdist_msi

New submission from Steven Bethard : [Suggested in issue5095 by John Machin] The 2.6.1 documentation consists of a *single* line: "distutils.command.bdist_msi — Build a Microsoft Installer binary package". The docs should explain briefly what an msi file is, and why a packager might want to use