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@@ -878,6 +878,12 @@ Known Issues
when Python (or a script) is installed in a directory whose name contains
spaces on Windows.
+ * Support full roundtrip translation of eggs to and from ``bdist_wininst``
+ format. Running ``bdist_wininst`` on a setuptools-based package wraps the
+ egg in an .exe that will safely install it as an egg (i.e., with metadata
+ and entry-point wrapper scripts), and ``easy_install`` can turn the .exe
+ back into an ``.egg`` file or directory and install it as such.
+
0.6a8
* Update for changed SourceForge mirror format