[Baypiggies] Windows python installers?

[Dennis Reinhardt]

Thanks Max.  I am not worried about including needed .dlls.  My concern is 
eliminating *unneeded* dlls.

What is needed or unneeded can best be determined dynamically.  Indeed, I 
have seen WXPython wrap an import with try-except where the exception 
specifies an alternate import.

A static analysis might include both such imports.  My manual analysis 
allows me to pick the one which minimizes download size subject to 
requirements.

I roll my own install packaging to have control over download size.  Doing 
so serves me well.  I mentioned roll your own in context as a doable 
alternative to python installers.

Without WX, my present DialogDevil download is 695,446 bytes.  The 
DialogDevil version I am working on now uses much of WXPython (and several 
pyd) and is 3,687,453 bytes.

Regards, Dennis

At 04:14 PM 12/11/2006, Max Slimmer wrote:
>I have a windows product that I use py2exe (along with setup.py) and then I
>use a comercial product similar to installshield etal.  There are some
>opensource install pkgs on source forge in fact there is a free gui for the
>one I use ("Ghost Installer GUI"). And many more. I am guessing that since
>you mentioned .exe that you are targeting windows. Py2exe can generate a zip
>library and will include all the needed .dll's such as wxpython.
>
>max
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: baypiggies-bounces at python.org
> > [mailto:baypiggies-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Reinhardt
> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 3:13 PM
> > To: baypiggies at python.org
> > Subject: Re: [Baypiggies] Windows python installers?
> >
> >
> > >Anyone have a pointer?
> >
> >
> > Sorry, I have always rolled my own by embedding the files I
> > want inside a self-extracting compression executable.  I use
> > WinRaR to compress my code.
> >
> > In distributing WXPython, I have found it handy to compress
> > what I need from WXPython into its own separate exe file.
> > Then I only have to deal with a single file during build.
> >

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