JAR-like facility for Python?

[Robin Becker]

In article <8827e15d.0109171548.2e6a11f2 at posting.google.com>, Chris
Ryland <cpr at emsoftware.com> writes
>Has anyone ever built a Jar-like facility for Python, such that you
>could install just two files--the Python interpreter (perhaps in DLL
>form for embedding in a larger system), plus one large JAR-like file
>(PAR?) containing all the standard libraries?
>
>This would work better for my envisioned use than a freeze-like
>solution. (I can explain more if needs be.)
>
>Thanks for any thoughts, hints, pointers, etc.
>--Chris Ryland, Em Software, www.emsoftware.com
check out installer http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/builder.html by Gordon
McMillan and http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe by Thomas
Heller both have this idea at heart.
-- 
Robin Becker