[Python-Dev] Snap Python for simple distribution across multiple Linux distros

[Freddy Rietdijk]

In my opinion the trend of creating these standalone packages is pretty
bad. Developers that choose to support these kind of packages become
responsible not only for the code they distribute, but also for whether the
dependencies that are bundled in such a standalone package are up to date
and secure.

What libraries would have to be bundled? I guess that depends on how
standalone you want to get. In Nixpkgs we get to 130 MB for Python 3.5, if
it would bundle all its dependencies (glibc, openssl, ncurses, some X11
libs, ...). If I am correct you can assume certain libraries are available
on the host system so you could skip bundling them.

Furthermore, there's now at least three competing formats: Snappy, Flatpak
and AppImage.


On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Martin Wimpress <
martin.wimpress at canonical.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I work at Canonical as part of the engineering team developing Ubuntu
> and Snapcraft [1] and I'm a long time Python fan :-)
>
> We've created snaps, a platform that enables projects to directly
> control delivery of software updates to users. This video of a
> lightning talk by dlang developers at DConf2017 [2] shows how they've
> made good use of snaps to distribute their compiler. They found the
> release channels particularly useful so their users can track a
> specific release.
>
> Is there someone here who'd be interested in doing the same for Python?
>
> [1] https://snapcraft.io/
> [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-bDzr4gYUU
> [3] https://snapcraft.io/docs/core/install
> [4] https://build.snapcraft.io/
>
> --
> Regards, Martin.
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