ANN: Win32 Installer - new beta (v4a)

[Gordon McMillan]

The first release of version 4 of the Win32 Installer package is 
here:

http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html

This version should handle all Python versions from 1.5 
onward (it's been tested with 1.5 and 2.0). It has a number of 
new capabilities:
 - set a Windows version resource in the executable 
   (NT / Win2K only), including the ability to create a 
   version resource from Python
 - a utility to analyze the dependency tree of a script / module
   (including a cross-reference)
 - warnings issued when dynamic code encountered
   (__import__, exec, eval)

A number of improvements have been made:
 - cleaned up the console messages (quiet and verbose
   modes, too)
 - Freeze apps no longer leave dietrus lying around
 - fixed the ability to run from CDROM (even a Freeze app
   using Tk) 
 - revamped command line options

What is it?
 The Installer is a set of tools for distributing Python
 applications. The target machines do not need to have
 Python installed, or may have a different version of 
 Python installed.

 The Windows version (there's a more limited Linux version,
 too), has top level scripts for 3 configurations:
 - Standalone: create a single directory installation for your app
 - Simple: wraps a Standalone with a simple install script
 - Freeze: creates an executable that unpacks itself at run
   time, and cleans up afterward.
 
 More complex distributions can be created by writing your
 own config file and passing it to Builder.

Old-Python-style license.

Contact: gmcm at hypernet.com

<P><A 
HREF="http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html">
Win32 Installer release 4a</A> A compiler-less way 
of distributing Python apps on Windows. (5-May-01)


- Gordon