re: #1120 / PEP527: no longer provide .exe files for Windows

HISTORY.rst

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ XXXX-XX-XX
 
 - 1124_: documentation moved to http://psutil.readthedocs.io
 
+**Compatibility notes**
+
+- 1120_: .exe files for Windows are no longer uploaded on PYPI as per PEP-527;
+  only wheels are provided.
+
 *2017-09-01*
 
 5.3.0

appveyor.yml

@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ test_script:
 
 after_test:
   - "%WITH_COMPILER% %PYTHON%/python setup.py bdist_wheel"
-  - "%WITH_COMPILER% %PYTHON%/python setup.py bdist_wininst"
 
 artifacts:
   - path: dist\*

scripts/internal/download_exes.py

@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ def main(options):
                 completed += 1
                 print("downloaded %-45s %s" % (
                     local_fname, bytes2human(os.path.getsize(local_fname))))
-    # 2 exes (32 and 64 bit) and 2 wheels (32 and 64 bit) for each ver.
-    expected = len(PY_VERSIONS) * 4
+    # 2 wheels (32 and 64 bit) per supported python version
+    expected = len(PY_VERSIONS) * 2
     if expected != completed:
         return exit("expected %s files, got %s" % (expected, completed))
     if exc:

scripts/internal/winmake.py

@@ -204,13 +204,6 @@ def build():
     sh('%s -c "import psutil"' % PYTHON)
 
 
-@cmd
-def build_exe():
-    """Create exe file."""
-    build()
-    sh("%s setup.py bdist_wininst" % PYTHON)
-
-
 @cmd
 def build_wheel():
     """Create wheel file."""