py2exe 0.6.1 released

[Bengt Richter]

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:55:19 +0200, Thomas Heller <theller at python.net> wrote:

>
>py2exe 0.6.1 released
>=====================
>
>py2exe is a Python distutils extension which converts python scripts
>into executable windows programs, able to run without requiring a
>python installation.  Console and Windows (GUI) applications, windows
>NT services, exe and dll COM servers are supported.
>
>Changes in this release:
>
>    * py2exe can now bundle binary extensions and dlls into the
>      library-archive or the executable itself.  This allows to
>      finally build real single-file executables.
>
>      The bundled dlls and pyds are loaded at runtime by some special
>      code that emulates the Windows LoadLibrary function - they are
>      never unpacked to the file system.
So py2exe is windows-only (like exe ;-) or is there a py2elf or py2coff or such?

>
>      This part of the code is distributed under the MPL 1.1, so this
>      license is now pulled in by py2exe.
Mozilla?

>      
>    * By default py2exe now includes the codecs module and the
>      encodings package.
>      
>    * Several other fixes.
>
>Homepage:
>
>    <http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe>
>
>Download from the usual location:
>
>    <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=15583>
>
>Enjoy,
>
>Thomas
>
I haven't tried this, but I am getting interested in cannibalizing some functionality ;-)

Regards,
Bengt Richter