Re: [Py2exe-users] Build on XP, deploy on Vista

[Andrew Z. <ah...@gm...>]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Brian Zambrano <br...@gm...> wrote:

> I was curious whether anyone knows about issues with building on Windows
> XP, and deploying that application on Vista.  I'm currently using py2exe
> successfully on XP, but don't have easy access to a Vista machine.  I'd
> rather know of any issues ahead of time before I try to install the
> application for my customer.
>
> Searching around, I didn't find any notes on this setup.  Does anyone know
> if there are any gotchas I should be thinking about?
>

My anecdote: I build BleachBit with py2exe on Windows XP, and I test on XP,
Vista, and 7.  Between my tests and thousands of users, I haven't seen any
issues.

I stay away from Python 2.6.2, though, because of a Microsoft C runtime
issue.  I use Python 2.5 instead.




Best regards,
Andrew