"Package providing extensions to the standard distutils" from install_data import Data_Files, install_Data_Files from distutils.command.bdist_wininst import bdist_wininst # When building a windows installer, put some more text into # the long description class wininst_request_delete(bdist_wininst): add_text = "\nIf you have installed earlier versions of this package, please remove them through 'Add/Remove Programs' before installing this release." def get_inidata(self): m = self.distribution.metadata m.long_description = m.long_description + self.add_text return bdist_wininst.get_inidata(self)