[python-win32] McMillian Installer (Was LsaLookupNames2)
Schollnick, Benjamin
Benjamin.Schollnick at xerox.com
Tue Jun 21 20:52:14 CEST 2005
> > It's okay.... I just miss McMillian's installer...
> > It's unsupported, so I've moved to py2exe... But
> > McMillian's package seemed to be better with
> > the dependency issues.... And offered a few
> > features that don't exist in py2exe... (Or at least
> > are not easily handled in py2exe...)
> >
> > On the plus side, py2exe has handled packages lately
> > that I just could not get McMillian's installer
> > to work reliably with... Which is why I switched...
>
> I always wondered why no one picked up McMillan and continued
> to develop or at least maintain it - it's open source after
> all, isn't it?
Yes... It was...
In my case, I never was motivated, and I suspect it's got
quite complex code behind it...
Py2exe is a good replacement... I'm generally happy, there's
only a few issues that I have not been able to solve.
For example, making a plugin based, expandable, generic
build.py.... If I do, the typlibs that I attempt to import
die...
Plus right now, I have solved the LsaLookupNames2 issue, but
it appears that I need different typelibs between W2000 & WinXp.
But here I am on a development XP system, and can't generate the
ones for 2000.... (Yes this isn't py2exe's fault... But....)
- Ben
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