[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib modulefinder.py, 1.7, 1.8

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl
Mon Nov 17 10:18:59 EST 2003


On 14 Nov 2003, at 19:15, Guido van Rossum wrote:

>> Maybe freeze should be deprecated in 2.4.
>
> That might be a good idea.
>
>> There are other third-party packages (Gordon McMillan's installer
>> and Thomas's py2exe) which do a better job anyway.  Does either one
>> use freeze under the covers?
>
> No.  (Though py2exe uses modulefinder, which is why that's in Lib
> rather than in Tools/freeze. :-)

And so do the freeze tools on the Mac (BuildApplication and I think also
bundlebuilder).
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