What about PyInstaller that was announced the other day? The feature list looks great, and it appears the developers intend to maintain and enhance the program indefinitely.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b487056b7b1f99bc/583da383c1749d9f?q=ANN&rnum=1&hl=en#583da383c1749d9f http://pyinstaller.hpcf.upr.edu/pyinstaller Feature highlights: * Packaging of Python programs into standard executables, that work on computers without Python installed. * Multiplatform: works under Windows, Linux and Irix. * Multiversion: works under any version of Python since 1.5. * Dual packaging mode: * Single directory: build a directory containing an executable plus all the external binary modules (.dll, .pyd, .so) used by the program. * Single file: build a single executable file, totally self-contained, which runs without any external dependency. * Support for automatic binary packing through the well-known UPX compressor. * Optional console mode (see standard output and standard error at runtime). * Selectable executable icon (Windows only). * Fully configurable version resource section in executable (Windows only). * Support for building COM servers (Windows only). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list