[YLUG] python/setuptools

[Doug Winter]

Stephen Garton wrote:
> I've not used setup tools before, but I have used py2exe
> (http://www.py2exe.org/) which compiles to an .exe file and packages
> the dependencies with it.
> 
> Not sure if it's any help or not to you, but it was worth a shot :)

+1.  py2exe works much better for windows imo.  Since it bundles the 
runtime as well as all dependencies it provides a one click install that 
has a much greater chance of working.

It works surprisingly well too.  It can take a bit of shepherding 
sometimes, but mostly it Just Works.

Cheers,


doug.

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