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On <some multitude of times>, CM <cmpython@gmail.com> wrote:
> What I was thinking of was that if you are going to sell software, you wa=
nt to make it as easy as possible, and that includes not making the potenti=
al customer have to install anything, or even agree to allow you to "explic=
itly" install a runtime on their computer.  If the potential customer just =
sees, clicks, and installs, that should be the most they ought to have to d=
o.

I don't really get what you are saying. Do you, or do you not, want it
installed?

> Also, many programs rely on 2-3 dependencies, and sometimes that is askin=
g a lot of the end user to install.  (I know, I know, it shouldn't be...and=
 with things like pip it really shouldn't be, but you know how it goes).
>
>> I responded (to some parts):
>> But why do they need to install it at all? If you're not installing
>> the .py file, then just include those dependencies in the archive --
>> .py files are tiny. If you are installing the .py with a setup.py
>> (like with the link I included), then just install them at the same
>> time.
>
> Maybe.  I'll have to think about it.  I'm referring to libaries as depend=
encies. So for example, though .py files are small, wxPython, for example, =
isn't tiny, nor are other libraries one might use.

Please excuse the fact I haven't done anything serious on Windows in
years so I'm not really sure what I'm saying. How does Windows deal
with dependencies?

It's going to have to be fetched at one point anyway, so that's either
at download-time, install-time or run-time. The first lets you just
add it to the archive, the second lets you deal with it through a good
standard distribution manager thing, the third is potentially crazy.
Hence, wutz za probem bruv?