[Tutor] python packaging systems

[Brett Ritter]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Personally I don't like them and prefer to install a version of Python
> and then install my modules separately.
>
> If you want to hide your code(a little bit) you can ship only the pyc
...

Don't forget that the motivation need not be obfuscation.  I myself
like to package standalone programs for non-techie friends and family
to use.  For them, "Run this" is a good first instruction versus
"Install Python..." (regardless of how much their lives might be
improved by the latter :) )

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Brett Ritter / SwiftOne
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