[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app doesn't work with virtualenv on Leopard

[Christopher Barker]

Gary Bernhardt wrote:
> It just seems like people *must* be doing this.

You'd think!

However, while lots of folks are using Python on OS-X, I think a huge 
percentage are doing home-grown stuff, and/or using it in a "unixy" way, 
and thus unlikely to need virtualenv, and even less likely need py2app.

In general, py2app is not being actively updated, which is getting to be 
more an more of a problem. The developer of bb-freeze is showing 
interest in the Mac, so I have some hope of a bb-freeze--py2app merger, 
but it's not coming tomorrow.

> The idea of writing a
> non-trivial Python app in 2008 without virtualenv is unthinkable for
> me!

I've still gotten away without it, but yes, it is a pretty important 
tool. I think the question is whether you are building multiple apps 
that aren't equally actively maintained -- so far, I just use the same 
versions of all packages with all my apps, which requires them all being 
maintained when I upgrade a package.

-Chris






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