distributing python software in jar like fashion

[John Nagle]

     Were Python "eggs" a flop, or what?

     We need to have one packager that everyone agrees on.
Otherwise, installs become a mess, and then you have to have
installers that handle multiple packagers.

					John Nagle

Gary Duzan wrote:
> In article <Vs6dnZOY8sSDM2XYnZ2dnUVZ_rqhnZ2d at comcast.com>, alf  <ask at me> wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have a small app which consist of a few .py files. Is there any way to 
>>distribute it in jar like fashion as a single file I can just run python 
>>on. I obviously look for platform independent solution.
>>
>>Thx in advance, A.
> 
> 
>    There is a new package that has been discussed here recently
> called Squisher that should do what you want by packing things into
> a single pyc file. There are still some minor issues that need to
> be ironed out with running the pyc directly, but it should do
> exactly what you want Real Soon Now.
> 
> http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=group%3Acomp.lang.python+squisher&qt_s=Search
> 
> 					Gary Duzan
> 					Motorola CHS
> 
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