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Re: the general development using Python

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Date 2013-07-09 23:59 +1000
Subject Re: the general development using Python
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:46 PM, CM <cmpython@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> There are projects that "bundle" the CPython interpreter with your
>>> project, but this makes those files really big.
>>
>> Maybe 5-20 MB.  That's a lot bigger than a few hundred K, but it's not that important to keep size down, really.
>
> Funny story: at my workplace we solve the distribution problem by
> placing both the Python interpreter and applications on a network
> share.  I have inherited a program that nonetheless is stored on the
> network share as a pyInstaller bundle because it is (perceived to be)
> faster to transfer a single .exe over the network during start-up than
> all the individual files on demand.

It might actually be faster, if the startup cost of a transfer is high
- which it very often can be. But it would likely also be faster to
transfer a single .zip or .tar.gz for the same benefit; or, depending
on requirements, use 'git pull' or scp.

ChrisA

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the general development using Python ajetrumpet@gmail.com - 2013-07-08 18:45 -0700
  Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 02:59 +0100
  Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 13:07 +1000
  Re: the general development using Python Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 22:13 -0400
  Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 21:46 -0700
    Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 15:03 +1000
      Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:29 -0700
    Re: the general development using Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 02:41 -0600
    Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 23:59 +1000
    Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 22:21 +0100
      Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:38 -0700
  Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 22:13 +0100
    Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:35 -0700
      Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 01:14 +0100
        Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 19:16 -0700
          Re: the general development using Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 12:53 +1000
          Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 05:12 +0100
            Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 21:49 -0700
              Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 06:49 +0100
                Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 16:18 -0700
                Re: the general development using Python Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-11 00:57 +0100
                Re: the general development using Python CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 11:37 -0700
              Re: the general development using Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 16:10 -0600
  Re: the general development using Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-07-09 19:25 -0400

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