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

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist.py
index 130d8bf155..09ad076799 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import os
 import unittest
 from test.support import run_unittest
-import warnings
 
 from distutils.command.bdist import bdist
 from distutils.tests import support
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ class BuildTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
 
         # what formats does bdist offer?
         formats = ['bztar', 'gztar', 'msi', 'rpm', 'tar',
-                   'wininst', 'xztar', 'zip', 'ztar']
+                   'xztar', 'zip', 'ztar']
         found = sorted(cmd.format_command)
         self.assertEqual(found, formats)
 
@@ -34,15 +33,12 @@ class BuildTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
         dist.command_obj['bdist'] = cmd
 
-        names = ['bdist_dumb', 'bdist_wininst']  # bdist_rpm does not support --skip-build
+        names = ['bdist_dumb']  # bdist_rpm does not support --skip-build
         if os.name == 'nt':
             names.append('bdist_msi')
 
         for name in names:
-            with warnings.catch_warnings():
-                warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', 'bdist_wininst command is deprecated',
-                                        DeprecationWarning)
-                subcmd = cmd.get_finalized_command(name)
+            subcmd = cmd.get_finalized_command(name)
             if getattr(subcmd, '_unsupported', False):
                 # command is not supported on this build
                 continue
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_wininst.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c338069a1d..0000000000
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_wininst.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for distutils.command.bdist_wininst."""
-import sys
-import platform
-import unittest
-from test.support import run_unittest
-from test.support.warnings_helper import check_warnings
-
-from distutils.command.bdist_wininst import bdist_wininst
-from distutils.tests import support
-
-@unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32' and platform.machine() == 'ARM64',
-    'bdist_wininst is not supported in this install')
-@unittest.skipIf(getattr(bdist_wininst, '_unsupported', False),
-    'bdist_wininst is not supported in this install')
-class BuildWinInstTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
-                           support.LoggingSilencer,
-                           unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def test_get_exe_bytes(self):
-
-        # issue5731: command was broken on non-windows platforms
-        # this test makes sure it works now for every platform
-        # let's create a command
-        pkg_pth, dist = self.create_dist()
-        with check_warnings(("", DeprecationWarning)):
-            cmd = bdist_wininst(dist)
-        cmd.ensure_finalized()
-
-        # let's run the code that finds the right wininst*.exe file
-        # and make sure it finds it and returns its content
-        # no matter what platform we have
-        exe_file = cmd.get_exe_bytes()
-        self.assertGreater(len(exe_file), 10)
-
-def test_suite():
-    return unittest.makeSuite(BuildWinInstTestCase)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run_unittest(test_suite())