Thomas Heller wrote: > "M.-A. Lemburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to focus attention on these distribution formats >> that distutils is missing: >> >> bdist_nsis: >> Nullsoft installer for Windows (NSIS); by Jean-Christophe G. >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2005-July/004724.html >> http://bdist-nsi.sourceforge.net/ >> >> bdist_deb: >> Debian package; by Geoffrey T. Dairiki >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2004/10/msg00017.html >> >> bdist_msi: >> MS Installer (MSI); by Martin von Löwis >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2005-August/005008.html >> >> bdist_inno: >> InnoSetup installer for Windows >> Included in py2exe by Thomas Heller: >> http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/ > > That's not really a distutils distribution format, it is a sample setup > script which builds an exe file plus the needed support files with > py2exe, and then builds a Windows installer to install all this as an > application.
Ah, I see. > What do you have in mind - a bdist_wininst lookalike for > Python packages, built with inno? Yes. One that creates an Inno setup file and then compiles everything into an installer using the Inno, but installing things much like bdist_wininst (and with the option of building upon the many extra features you get from the InnoSetup system). Bernhard Herzog started one some time ago: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2001-September/002597.html -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Dec 13 2005) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! :::: _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
