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11236	Can't build a windows msi installer	mr_pink	nobody	"Using ""python setup.py bdist_msi"" it should be possible to build a django msi installer. Whilst I doubt this is high on the list of priorities it seems like quite an easy fix.

I discovered two issues, the first is the version numbering - it is rejected unless it matches a certain pattern. So 1.1 beta should be, for example, 1.1b1.

Secondly contrib.gis causes a problem with the code in msilib.py

as city.$DB_BACKEND.sql all get shortened to city.sql, and there is an assertion that names must be unique. Therefore these files would need renaming.

I suspect that the setup.py hack that looks for 'bdist_wininst' to include data files might have to be expanded to look for bdist_msi too.

Tested using python2.5"	Bug	closed	Packaging	dev	Normal	wontfix	setup msi		Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0