[Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: py2app 0.1.2
Bob Ippolito
bob at redivi.com
Sat Oct 9 00:04:12 CEST 2004
`py2app`_ is the bundlebuilder replacement we've all been waiting for.
It is implemented as a distutils command, similar to `py2exe`_, that
builds Mac OS X applications from Python scripts, extensions, and
related data files. It tries very hard to include all dependencies it
can find so that your application can be distributed standalone, as Mac
OS X applications should be.
`py2app`_ 0.1.2 is primarily a bugfix release:
* The encodings package now gets included in the zip file (saves space)
* A copy of the Python interpreter is not included anymore in
standalone builds (saves space)
* The executable bootstrap is now stripped by default (saves a little
space)
* sys.argv is set correctly now, it used to point to the executable,
now it points to the boot script. This should enhance compatibility
with some applications.
* Adds an "Alias" feature to modulegraph, so that sys.modules
craziness such as wxPython.wx -> wx can be accomodated (this particular
craziness is also now handled by default)
* A sys.path alternative may be passed to find_modules now, though
this is not used yet
* The Command instance is now passed to recipes instead of the
Distribution instance (though no recipes currently use either)
* The post-filtering of modules and extensions is now generalized into
a stack and can be modified by recipes
* A `wxPython`_ example demonstrating how to package `wxGlade`_ has
been added
* PyRuntimeLocations is now set to (only) the location of the current
interpreter's Python.framework for alias and semi-standalone build
modes (enhances compatibility with extensions built with an unpatched
Makefile with Mac OS X 10.3's Python 2.3.0)
Known issues:
* Includes *all* files from packages, it should be smart enough to
strip unused .py/.pyc/.pyo files (to save space, depending on which
optimization flag is used).
Download and related links are here:
http://undefined.org/python/#py2app
.. _`wxGlade`: http://wxglade.sourceforge.net/
.. _`wxPython`: http://www.wxpython.org/
.. _`py2app`: http://undefined.org/python/#py2app
.. _`py2exe`: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/
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