py2exe is on Sourceforge list of top growth projects

Colin J. Williams cjw at ncf.ca
Tue Dec 18 14:18:06 EST 2012


On 18/12/2012 1:52 AM, Frank Millman wrote:
> This is from Sourceforge's monthly update -
>
> <quote>
>
> Top Growth Projects
>
> We're always on the lookout for projects that might be doing interesting
> things, and a surge in downloads is one of many metrics that we look at
> to identify them. Here's the projects that had the greatest growth in
> the last month.
>
> [...]
>
> py2exe: A distutils extension to create standalone Windows programs from
> python scripts.
>
> </quote>
>
> It is 19th on a list of 19, but still, it is nice to see. I wonder if
> there was any particular reason for that?
>
> Frank Millman
>
Yes, but py2exe appears limited to Python 2.6.

PyInstaller is another option with similar functionality.

Colin W.



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