bpo-42802: Remove distutils bdist_wininst command (GH-24043)

The distutils bdist_wininst command deprecated in Python 3.8 has been
removed. The distutils bidst_wheel command is now recommended to
distribute binary packages on Windows.

* Remove Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
* Remove PC/bdist_wininst/ project
* Remove Lib/distutils/command/wininst-*.exe programs
* Remove all references to bdist_wininst

3 files changed, 0 insertions, 36 deletions

diff --git a/PC/layout/main.py b/PC/layout/main.py
index 8c69c915..fb6f526 100644
--- a/PC/layout/main.py
+++ b/PC/layout/main.py
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ from .support.pip import *
 from .support.props import *
 from .support.nuspec import *
 
-BDIST_WININST_FILES_ONLY = FileNameSet("wininst-*", "bdist_wininst.py")
-BDIST_WININST_STUB = "PC/layout/support/distutils.command.bdist_wininst.py"
-
 TEST_PYDS_ONLY = FileStemSet("xxlimited", "xxlimited_35", "_ctypes_test", "_test*")
 TEST_DIRS_ONLY = FileNameSet("test", "tests")
 
@@ -100,17 +97,11 @@ def get_lib_layout(ns):
         else:
             if f in TCLTK_FILES_ONLY:
                 return ns.include_tcltk
-            if f in BDIST_WININST_FILES_ONLY:
-                return ns.include_bdist_wininst
         return True
 
     for dest, src in rglob(ns.source / "Lib", "**/*", _c):
         yield dest, src
 
-    if not ns.include_bdist_wininst:
-        src = ns.source / BDIST_WININST_STUB
-        yield Path("distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py"), src
-
 
 def get_tcltk_lib(ns):
     if not ns.include_tcltk:
diff --git a/PC/layout/support/distutils.command.bdist_wininst.py b/PC/layout/support/distutils.command.bdist_wininst.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e9b49f..0000000
--- a/PC/layout/support/distutils.command.bdist_wininst.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-"""distutils.command.bdist_wininst
-
-Suppress the 'bdist_wininst' command, while still allowing
-setuptools to import it without breaking."""
-
-from distutils.core import Command
-from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError
-
-
-class bdist_wininst(Command):
-    description = "create an executable installer for MS Windows"
-
-    # Marker for tests that we have the unsupported bdist_wininst
-    _unsupported = True
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def run(self):
-        raise DistutilsPlatformError(
-            "bdist_wininst is not supported in this Python distribution"
-        )
diff --git a/PC/layout/support/options.py b/PC/layout/support/options.py
index 5e1543b..9faf20c 100644
--- a/PC/layout/support/options.py
+++ b/PC/layout/support/options.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ OPTIONS = {
     "venv": {"help": "venv"},
     "dev": {"help": "headers and libs"},
     "symbols": {"help": "symbols"},
-    "bdist-wininst": {"help": "bdist_wininst support"},
     "underpth": {"help": "a python._pth file", "not-in-all": True},
     "launchers": {"help": "specific launchers"},
     "appxmanifest": {"help": "an appxmanifest"},
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ PRESETS = {
             "venv",
             "dev",
             "symbols",
-            "bdist-wininst",
             "chm",
         ],
     },