[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app and bdist_mpkg on Linux?

[Kevin Walzer]

Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> The use of py2app on GNU/Linux is, that I want to distribute apps to non-linux 
> users, but I don't have MacOSX running anywhere near. 
> 
> I develop on my Gentoo Box, and I want to be able to create programs for 
> friends of mine who use MacOSX. 
> 
> Python is cross platform, but to really use that advantage, I need to be able 
> to distribute Python programs for individual platforms easily. 
> 
> And I want to enable other Linux users to do the same. 
> 
> Best wishes, 
> Arne
> 

If all you are distributing are Python scripts, you can already to this 
with distutils or setuptools.

If you want to distribute standalone apps with the Python interpreter 
embedded, that can't be done in a cross-platform manner. A Python binary 
built on Linux won't run on OS X.

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Kevin Walzer
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