[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app generated app, not acting as a stand-alone app

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 2-nov-2005, at 23:14, Bob Ippolito wrote:

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> On Nov 2, 2005, at 2:06 PM, Ronald Oussoren wrote:
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>> On 2-nov-2005, at 22:17, Bob Ippolito wrote:
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>>> Speaking of which, the svn trunk of py2app should be able to  
>>> analyze and write Mach-O headers of any combination of supported  
>>> architectures now (32-bit of both endians, 64-bit of both  
>>> endians, and the universal header that wraps them).  It's not  
>>> really tested yet, though.
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>> Cool. Does that mean that if I'd have a universal binary version  
>> of Python and addon packages I'd end up with a universal binary  
>> application bundle after running py2app?
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> Almost, the bootstrap is still PPC only for now.  That's another  
> issue, because if I ship a universal bootstrap and someone uses it  
> with some subset of PPC-only modules, then the application will not  
> work on a x86 machine since it will run the bootstrap native.
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> There may be some kind of Info.plist flag that can toggle which is  
> the preferred arch, that would be ideal, otherwise I will either  
> have to make py2app smart enough to do something like lipo -thin  
> and split off everything but the preferred arch.
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> Needless to say, universal binary support is going to be a pain!

And that's just py2app :-). Actually building a universal binary  
installer for Python and extension modules will also be a lot of  
"fun" :-(.

Ronald
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> -bob
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