[Pythonmac-SIG] Question about py2app and applets

[Bob Ippolito]

On Oct 8, 2004, at 3:17 PM, João Leão wrote:

> On 8 de out de 2004, at 18:02, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>
>>
>> On Oct 8, 2004, at 12:18 PM, João Leão wrote:
>>
>>> Because of behavior, when I want an applet (I mean an app that needs 
>>> no dependencies other than the default Python) I've been using 
>>> bundlebuilder with the --semi-standalone option and I get an app 
>>> with same size.
>>>
>>> Now I'm starting to use py2app and I wonder if there's some kind of 
>>> option (argument?) that does the same as the --semi-standalone 
>>> option in bundlebuilder.
>>> Just to give an example:
>>> My first attempt to do this with py2app was actually with py2applet. 
>>> I simply drag and dropped my script and I got an app with 1,6 Mb.
>>> With bundlebuilder (--semi-standalone) it would be 68 kb.
>>
>> What version of py2app is that?  When I build an app with only stdlib 
>> dependencies using py2app from svn trunk it comes out to 56kb.
>
> I used py2app 0.1.1. I built py2applet and drag'n'dropped my script on 
> the icon.
> The script uses stdlib and CoreGraphics (don't know if it's stdlib but 
> it lives in the 10.3 default Python)

It is in the stdlib path so it shouldn't get included.  Try using svn 
trunk.  py2app 0.1.1 may have included the whole encodings package 
(even though it is stdlib), which would be my best explanation for the 
file size.

>> Do you have a /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework installed?  It 
>> might be finding and using that..
>
> Humm... I don't think so. The only Python.framework I can see is under 
> /System/Library/Frameworks (I gess this is the usual)

That is the usual.

-bob