[Distutils] Self-contained boostrap scripts [was: Re: A new, experimental packaging tool: distil]

[Paul Moore]

On 28 March 2013 12:26, Daniel Holth <dholth at gmail.com> wrote:
> The launcher will be updated to understand this format and Python will
> register this filename association when it is installed.

The launcher should need no changes. The Python msi installer would
need a change to register the new extension, though.

And *creating* such zips is mildly annoying on Windows, due to a
general lack of tool support for manipulating binary files in text
editors.

Oh, and wouldn't "#!/usr/bin/env python(w)" be a better header? That
would work on Unix, and the launcher recognises that format.

But +1 on the idea in general.
Paul