Packaging modules with Bundlebuilder

Diez B. Roggisch deets at nospam.web.de
Wed Mar 4 02:34:40 EST 2009


DLitgo schrieb:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm curious about creating .app files for the mac using bundlebuilder
> (or py2app or even py2exe). I'm just about done creating a GUI for a
> little set of scripts which basically perform batch image editing.
> 
> If I send this app to friends and family will they be able to use it?
> Or would they have to download PIL (which the app uses). I guess what
> I'm asking, does PIL get bundled into the app? I obviously wouldn't
> want them to have to download anything as that would be embarrassing
> to me :D


I never bundled PIL myself, but py2app at least comes with a recipe for 
it - which means that it should be included into the distribution.

And that should be self-contained, including even the python interpreter.


So friends and family ought to be safe.

Diez



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