Hi -

I'm currently looking into a few deployment issues with our embedded Python interpreter and I'm looking for any information about deploying embedded Python that people may have. Specifically, I'm looking for the following information:

1. How to define a useful subset of the stdlib that can serve as an initial basis for the installation but later allows upgrade to the "full" library if desirable. In other words, I'd like to deploy a small subset of the stdlib to begin with (simply because of size constraints) which may later be extended to a full stdlib if this is desirable. Has someone done this before? I'd love to have a small "Python.zip" cross-platform stdlib surrogate that just gets shipped with the product. If not, what is the right starting point for analyzing the dependencies inside the stdlib?

2. How to isolate the embedded interpreter from environmental effects. I have found that on occasion, the interpreter would pick up "stray" installations which can cause weird problems. Which environmental settings affect the startup of an embedded Python interpreter? How does one work around/remove those dependencies? Is there any information available about how exactly the startup works? What is being read/loaded in which order etc?

3. General advice about deploying embedded Python. Pointers to web sites, general experience (good or bad) etc. are all very welcome.

Thanks,

• Andreas