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Wed Feb 2 08:18:33 CET 2011 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-February/107849.html

On 2011/02/02 07:14:17, techtonik wrote:
> On 2011/02/01 19:50:23, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> > On 2011/02/01 07:22:57, techtonik wrote:
> > > It removes the dependency from msi.py making it easier to do the
rest in
> > > subsequent patches.
> >
> > What rest specifically? Why are the msilib changes needed for that?

> The rest is to use ctypes, so that no external packages will be
required to
> build Python installer.

Ah. That shouldn't be done. If anything is to be done, the builtin
msilib can be considered, instead. Given the choice of using either
ctypes or an external package, I prefer the external package.

http://codereview.appspot.com/4080047/

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Remove dependency from win32com.client module (issue4080047)