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All right. The ultimate solution:
{{{
# Imports for converting version to MSI format for bdist_msi
from distutils.command.bdist_msi import bdist_msi
import inspect
import types
 
...
class bdist_msi_patch_version(bdist_msi):
 """ MSI builder requires version to be in the x.x.x format """
 def run(self):
 def monkey_get_version(self):
 """ monkey patch replacement for metadata.get_version() that
 returns MSI compatible version string for bdist_msi
 """
 # get filename of the calling function
 if inspect.stack()[1][1].endswith('bdist_msi.py'):
 # strip revision from version (if any), e.g. 11.0.0-r31546
 return self.version.split('-')[0]
 else:
 return self.version
 # monkeypatching get_version() call for DistributionMetadata
 self.distribution.metadata.get_version = \
 types.MethodType(monkey_get_version, self.distribution.metadata)
 bdist_msi.run(self)
...
setup(
 ...
 cmdclass={'bdist_msi': bdist_msi_version_hack},
)
}}}