bpo-45124: Remove the bdist_msi command (GH-28195)

The bdist_msi command, deprecated in Python 3.9, is now removed.
Use bdist_wheel (wheel packages) instead.

Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist.py

@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ class BuildTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         # we can set the format
         dist = self.create_dist()[1]
         cmd = bdist(dist)
-        cmd.formats = ['msi']
+        cmd.formats = ['tar']
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
-        self.assertEqual(cmd.formats, ['msi'])
+        self.assertEqual(cmd.formats, ['tar'])
 
         # what formats does bdist offer?
-        formats = ['bztar', 'gztar', 'msi', 'rpm', 'tar',
-                   'xztar', 'zip', 'ztar']
+        formats = ['bztar', 'gztar', 'rpm', 'tar', 'xztar', 'zip', 'ztar']
         found = sorted(cmd.format_command)
         self.assertEqual(found, formats)
 
@@ -36,11 +35,7 @@ class BuildTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
         dist.command_obj['bdist'] = cmd
 
-        names = ['bdist_dumb']  # bdist_rpm does not support --skip-build
-        if os.name == 'nt':
-            names.append('bdist_msi')
-
-        for name in names:
+        for name in ['bdist_dumb']:  # bdist_rpm does not support --skip-build
             subcmd = cmd.get_finalized_command(name)
             if getattr(subcmd, '_unsupported', False):
                 # command is not supported on this build
@@ -52,5 +47,6 @@ class BuildTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
 def test_suite():
     return unittest.makeSuite(BuildTestCase)
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     run_unittest(test_suite())

Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_msi.py

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for distutils.command.bdist_msi."""
-import sys
-import unittest
-from test.support import run_unittest
-from test.support.warnings_helper import check_warnings
-from distutils.tests import support
-
-
-@unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform == 'win32', 'these tests require Windows')
-class BDistMSITestCase(support.TempdirManager,
-                       support.LoggingSilencer,
-                       unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def test_minimal(self):
-        # minimal test XXX need more tests
-        from distutils.command.bdist_msi import bdist_msi
-        project_dir, dist = self.create_dist()
-        with check_warnings(("", DeprecationWarning)):
-            cmd = bdist_msi(dist)
-        cmd.ensure_finalized()
-
-
-def test_suite():
-    return unittest.makeSuite(BDistMSITestCase)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run_unittest(test_suite())