[Distutils] Distutils changes - end user requirements (Was: Deprecate MANIFEST.in)

[Eric Smith]

Paul Moore wrote:
> Can any packager step up and explain why they execute "python setup.py
> bdist_egg" rather than "python setup.py bdist_wininst" when creating
> distributions for their Windows users?

I use both. If I'm installing a single package into a site-wide python, 
I use bdist_wininst. If I'm installing a package where I want to have 
multiple versions (in different directories, often with different 
python.exe's), I run bdist_egg. The latter case is usually installed 
with buildout.