have 'make dist' build a windows installer on windows

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+This is the README for the %package_name% binary distribution for 
+Windows, version %version%.
+
+* Although CouchDB defaults to installing into your "Program Files" directory,
+  the permissions on the 'var' and 'etc' sub-directories have been adjusted 
+  to allow modification by any authorized user so the couchdb databases, logs 
+  and .ini files can be written.  You may like to further restrict these 
+  permissions to only the user who will be running couchdb.
+
+* To start couchdb execute couchdb.bat in the 'bin' directory.  A shortcut
+  to this batch file should have been installed.  There is currently no 
+  support for Windows Services etc, but you are encouraged to look at the
+  various tools which allow arbitrary programs to be run as services.
+
+* The Futon application which comes with CouchDB does not work with
+  Internet Explorer - Mozilla Firefox is generally recommended.
+
+* The test suite is known to fail on Windows due to what appear to be
+  permissions errors; this is due to couch being unable to delete a 
+  file while it is in use on Windows.
+  See also https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-326
+
+* Additional help with the Windows support is needed - please contact the
+  couchdb-dev list if you can help.