problem with "setup.py bdist --formats=zip"

[HumbdyDum]

Peter Hansen wrote:

> HumbdyDum wrote:
> 
>> Peter Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> you'll find that the installer has an option to install for the
>>> current user only, so that you don't have to be an Administrator
>>> to do it.
>>
>>
>> Really? I've installed several (like Numeric etc) and looked but never 
>> seen that option, I must be blind. Actually, I remember clearly that 
>> they always say, after being started, something like "You don't have 
>> sufficient priviledge, you must be administrator". I'll take another 
>> look. Thanks,
> 
> I'm talking about the Python installer itself, not installers
> for other things.  Perhaps I misunderstood what you meant
> when you said you wanted to create a binary distribution.
> I assumed you meant "of Python".

No I meant "of a Python package I want to distribute". I'd like to 
create a zip file that contains the same stuff that the bdist_wininst 
would contain. Is there a way to intercept the bdist_wininst to make it 
create a zip instead of an exe installer?

Oliver