Building MSI for AppX (microsoft installer)

[uxduck]

I noticed that msilib is deprecated in Python 3.11, since microsoft is moving to Appx:

Deprecated since version 3.11, will be removed in version 3.13: The msilib module is deprecated (see PEP 594 for details). source

Microsoft is slowly moving away from MSI in favor of Windows 10 Apps (AppX) as a new deployment model source

Did you have any thoughts if cx_Freeze should follow those changes?

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Thanks for this project! It's been interesting to use it so far.

[marcelotduarte]

Not yet. But the options for msilib are:

1. Port to an independent package (See Support for bdist_msi on Python 3.13 [Windows] #2837);
2. Port as internal package of cx_Freeze (like I did with bdist_msi).
3. Disable it for 3.13

Independently of the above options, a bdist_appx should be analyzed.

[BobBicknell]

Do you have any update on when a version compatible with Python3.13 might be released

[marcelotduarte]

The version that supports Py 3.13 is ready, it just depends on a little more time for me to be able to make some adjustments and some tests with the samples we have.

[kristofmulier]

Hi @marcelotduarte ,
We look forward to try the new cx_freeze with Python 3.13

[nhaugrud]

Hi @marcelotduarte , is there an ETA on the version compatible with Python 3.13?

[marcelotduarte]

Release 8.0 is out!
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