Deprecate bdist_wininst

changelog.d/2040.change.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecated the ``bdist_wininst`` command. Binary packages should be built as wheels instead.

setuptools/command/bdist_wininst.py

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import distutils.command.bdist_wininst as orig
+import warnings
+
+from setuptools import SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning
 
 
 class bdist_wininst(orig.bdist_wininst):
@@ -14,6 +17,12 @@ def reinitialize_command(self, command, reinit_subcommands=0):
  return cmd
 
  def run(self):
+ warnings.warn(
+ "bdist_wininst is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
+ "version. Use bdist_wheel (wheel packages) instead.",
+ SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning
+ )
+
  self._is_running = True
  try:
  orig.bdist_wininst.run(self)

setuptools/tests/test_bdist_deprecations.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""develop tests
+"""
+import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from setuptools.dist import Distribution
+from setuptools import SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning
+
+
+@mock.patch("distutils.command.bdist_wininst.bdist_wininst")
+def test_bdist_wininst_warning(distutils_cmd):
+ dist = Distribution(dict(
+ script_name='setup.py',
+ script_args=['bdist_wininst'],
+ name='foo',
+ py_modules=['hi'],
+ ))
+ dist.parse_command_line()
+ with pytest.warns(SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning):
+ dist.run_commands()
+
+ distutils_cmd.run.assert_called_once()