distutils: Remove bdist_wininst command

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BPO	42802
Nosy	@vstinner, @jkloth, @merwok, @dstufft
PRs	bpo-42802: Remove distutils bdist_wininst command #24043

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[vstinner]

Attached PR removes it.

The bdist_wininst command was deprecated in Python 3.8:

commit 1da4462
Author: Victor Stinner <vstinner@redhat.com>
Date: Fri Jul 5 10:44:12 2019 +0200

bpo-37481: Deprecate distutils bdist_wininst command (GH-14553)

The distutils bdist_wininst command is now deprecated, use
bdist_wheel (wheel packages) instead.

"What’s New In Python 3.9: Build Changes" also announced:

• On non-Windows platforms, creating ``bdist_wininst`` installers is now
  officially unsupported. (See :issue:`10945` for more details.)

https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.9.html#build-changes

See bpo-37481 and:
https://discuss.python.org/t/deprecate-bdist-wininst/1929

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There are 19 issues (+ this one) on bdist_wininst. Once distutils bdist_wininst command will be removed, I propose to all these issues.

Search for open issues with "bdist_wininst" in the title.

Only bpo-41771 was active recently (3 months ago). The 18 other issues are inactive for between 18 months and 121 months (10 years!).

[vstinner]

FYI last year, I fixed setuptools v45.2 (released in February 2020) when bdist_wininst is missing:
pypa/setuptools@5d17586

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Note: bdist_msi is deprecated since Python 3.9 (bpo-39586). I prefer to wait for Python 3.11 to remove it:

commit 29b3fc0
Author: Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon Feb 10 15:26:40 2020 +0200

bpo-39586: Deprecate distutils bdist_msi command (GH-18415)

[vstinner]

I created a https://discuss.python.org/t/remove-bdist-wininst-command/6434 topic to check if anyone wants to keep the command, or if it's ok to remove it right now.

[vstinner]

New changeset 0e2a0f7 by Victor Stinner in branch 'master':
bpo-42802: Remove distutils bdist_wininst command (GH-24043)
0e2a0f7

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I closed the 19 open issues which contained "wininst" in their title as "wont fix" with the message:

"The distutils bdist_wininst command has been removed in Python 3.10: see bpo-42802."

You can simply search for closed issue which contains "wininst" in their title if you want to list them.