[Python-ideas] Re: Adding PyInstaller to the standard library

On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 10:05 AM Eric V. Smith eric@trueblade.com wrote:

I just don't think we need to be immediately dismissive of people's desire to create a platform native executable that disguises the fact that the code is written in Python.

I never said it shouldn't happen. But having zipapp in the standard library and all native executable creators as third party apps gives a clear indication that a .pyz file should be considered first, and a native executable only if that isn't suitable.

ChrisA