Path: csiph.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed1.swip.net!uio.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!nzpost1.xs4all.net!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.030 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'distributing': 0.07; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.09; 'libraries.': 0.09; 'portable': 0.09; 'thu,': 0.15; 'binaries': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'platforms': 0.18; '2015': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'suggested': 0.20; 'sep': 0.22; 'ease': 0.23; 'written': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'linux': 0.26; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'thread,': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'e.g.': 0.30; 'push': 0.30; 'another': 0.32; 'especially': 0.32; 'source': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'maintained': 0.33; 'url:listinfo': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'could': 0.35; 'list:': 0.35; 'project': 0.36; 'there': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'modules': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'christian': 0.38; 'mailing': 0.38; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'questions': 0.40; 'provide': 0.61; 'art': 0.62; 'more': 0.63; 'elsewhere': 0.66; 'chrisa': 0.84; 'gollwitzer': 0.84; 'lacks': 0.84; 'solved.': 0.84; 'url :distutils-sig': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=qDCP2z+yNzWa2fmLlnxD1ytUSw+oOEW6SvqatEzmphw=; b=gQrVJuyDCDP50CxLqshRMPyhqKR5j8apt4hLqWCV++4bj6uS6KgZpAhNoV32onTJw5 GlmVdH+BkZbjlUz1MndlbH5N8GeOnuX9DN1YZUW+8dCxu/lcCuWLXZCJYyoDMffVRjKN s4f9LU7TRqdeHzaO1RLXdyw9WTq3CnbcCcNvvC73vaOUvpRe+CwoA+8mHis5H7iMEb1I 3VDo+9HiB3puPZu21/s8LjY9IslX3eRbdva+k/DKxcnGf0yDDGogX0UVp0gWEVI0L/pU iCqCFeQg/Iq1PMNypseGMkhAsLJ9F21qvaKjfHLqo7XZIqf3KFK55Fs0wtsaOGKho+dm SMLA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.36.72 with SMTP id k69mr3412714iok.157.1442475523375; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:38:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <7360db29-ba81-4b84-99eb-dbeca2a888b8@googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:38:43 +1000 Subject: Re: Packaging and deployment of standalone Python applications? From: Chris Angelico Cc: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1442475526 news.xs4all.nl 23859 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47195 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:96751 On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: > IMHO this is one of the lacks of CPython. Distributing source is not always > practical, especially if the project involves modules written in C, or a > large number of 3rd party libraries. To provide linux binaries as .rpm and > .deb, as suggested elsewhere in this thread, is even more cumbersome than > binaries in this case - you'd have to set the right dependencies for a huge > variety of distributions, such that the package manager pulls, e.g. > "python-pillow" on one distro and "libpillow" on another etc. A well > maintained portable distribution for all major platforms could substantially > ease that out. If you want to know what's state of the art there - and even more so: if you want to push the state of the art - join the distutils-sig mailing list: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig This is where these kinds of questions will be discussed, and (hopefully!) solved. ChrisA