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  r62954 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-05-09 16:11:37 -0400 (Fri, 09 May 2008) | 1 line

  Port to VS 2008. Drop W9x support.
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  r62957 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-09 17:30:26 -0400 (Fri, 09 May 2008) | 2 lines

  In stdtypes.rst, move methods under class directives where applicable
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  r62958 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-09 17:30:36 -0400 (Fri, 09 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Add a todo list to the module deletion command.
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  r62963 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-09 18:52:28 -0400 (Fri, 09 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Add support for extension modules in 3.0 deprection command.
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  r62967 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-09 22:25:00 -0400 (Fri, 09 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix some errors in the deprecation warnings for new and user.
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  r62975 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-09 22:54:52 -0400 (Fri, 09 May 2008) | 3 lines

  Suppress deprecations for packages as well when using
  test.test_support.import_module().
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  r62976 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-09 22:57:03 -0400 (Fri, 09 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Also ignore package deprecations.
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  r62982 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-09 23:08:17 -0400 (Fri, 09 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Add the examples in the json module docstring as a doctest
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  r62992 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-05-10 09:24:09 -0400 (Sat, 10 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Explicitly refer to current hhp file (2.6a3)
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  r62993 | skip.montanaro | 2008-05-10 10:48:49 -0400 (Sat, 10 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Note the PyPI-edness of bsddb185 for people who might still need it.
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  r62994 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-05-10 13:36:24 -0400 (Sat, 10 May 2008) | 1 line

  Docstring typo
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  r62995 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-05-10 13:37:05 -0400 (Sat, 10 May 2008) | 1 line

  Document the 'line' argument
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  r62996 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-05-10 13:48:45 -0400 (Sat, 10 May 2008) | 1 line

  #1625509: describe behaviour of import lock
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README.txt

Packaging Python as a Microsoft Installer Package (MSI)
=======================================================

Using this library, Python can be packaged as a MS-Windows
MSI file. To generate an installer package, you need
a build tree. By default, the build tree root directory
is assumed to be in "../..". This location can be changed
by adding a file config.py; see the beginning of msi.py
for additional customization options.

The packaging process assumes that binaries have been 
generated according to the instructions in PCBuild/README.txt,
and that you have either Visual Studio or the Platform SDK
installed. In addition, you need the Python COM extensions,
either from PythonWin, or from ActivePython.

To invoke the script, open a cmd.exe window which has 
cabarc.exe in its PATH (e.g. "Visual Studio .NET 2003
Command Prompt"). Then invoke

<path-to-python.exe> msi.py

If everything succeeds, pythonX.Y.Z.msi is generated
in the current directory.