packaging programs

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Brian Blais schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> What is the preferred way of packaging python programs?  I know a bit 
> about py2exe (windows) and freeze (linux), but is there a way to package 
> something if you assume that they have python installed?  For example, 
> if you assume that they have Python 2.4, but don't have 
> scipy/numpy/matplotlib, is there something which will locally package 
> these modules to distribute with the program?  What are the options here?
> Are there any good docs for this?

setuptools. You can then distribute your application as an egg, which 
basically is a zip-file.

Regards,

Diez