That looks very interesting Nick! Do you know of any small or smallish programs using this I could inspect and learn from? Most of the references I find surround pyinstaller it's specfile format.
thanks, -matt On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Matt, if you don't have any C extensions to deal with and can > assume Python is already present on the destination system, then a > zipfile with a __main__.py file may also be a suitable solution (see > PEP 441 for more info about that feature - it's been supported since > 2.6, the PEP just proposes some better tools in the standard library > for creating them) > > Cheers, > Nick. > > > On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Matt Wilkie <map...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks PJ. >> >> I haven't used py2exe as I don't want to redistribute python also, >> just our program. I'll dig into your other suggestions and see where I >> end up. >> >> -matt >> >> >> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:22 PM, PJ Eby <p...@telecommunity.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Matt Wilkie <map...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > How do I get my installer to include Distribute so I don't have to tell >>> > our >>> > users "before you install our program you have to go install this other >>> > program"? >>> >>> Setuptools (which Distribute is based on) is designed for shipping >>> libraries, not applications; it's developer installer, not primarily >>> an end-user installer for applications. So you probably should be >>> using py2exe instead. >>> >>> Alternatively, you can bundle a copy of pkg_resources.py, or use a >>> script that doesn't depend on entry points, or copy your script to >>> "foo-script.py" alongside the .exe launcher, and manually include >>> those two files as scripts (not using entry points) in your setup() >>> definition. >>> >>> Any of these approaches will solve the problem; it's mostly a matter >>> of your preferences or other requirements. >> _______________________________________________ >> Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > > > > -- > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
