Re: [Py2exe-users] Checking out py2exe

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Any thoughts, anyone?<br>
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      Best,<br>
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      coyot<br>
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      On 9/26/16 15:40, Coyot Linden (Glenn Glazer) wrote:<br>
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      Hi, folks.<br>
      <br>
      We are looking at using py2exe for the project described below and
      would like to know if people feel that py2exe is a good fit.<br>
      <br>
      Here are the parameters:<br>
      <br>
      We already have Python 2.6 code that works on Linux and Mac by
      virtue of system Python already being present.  The task to it
      make it work on Windows as a single executable per module.<br>
      <br>
      Our application is a C++ client application which currently is
      launched directly from the start menu and contains within the C++
      both the update manager and the crash handler.  The new Python
      code interposes itself between the system launcher (e.g., clicking
      the icon) and the application, so that the updater and crash
      handler can be run as siblings of the application process.  <br>
      <br>
      There are a few features of the codebase that seem worth
      mentioning:<br>
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      - The launcher is the main module, but there are other bespoke
      modules that handle, for example, downloading updates or applying
      updates <br>
      -- These are imported by the launcher and can also be run as
      standalone applications.<br>
      -- In particular, the downloader can run in the background in some
      cases, so for those cases we launch it via a call to subprocess.<br>
      - Most of the modules use Tkinter windows to message the user via
      a module that standardizes the look and feel.<br>
      -- Those Tkinter windows use icons that come with the application
      (currently in a subdirectory of the application directory)<br>
      -- The progress bar implementation also runs in a separate thread
      so that it can be updated as the download progresses<br>
      - We build locally during development, but our test and production
      builds are run on Teamcity hosts that often run more than one
      build at the same time, so the compiler needs to be process-safe
      (we recently watched a different compiler fail during a cleanup
      phase - shutil claimed that the file was held by a different
      process).<br>
      - The Teamcity hosts have, sadly, both cygwin python and system
      python on them, so we will need a way to point py2exe at the
      system version.<br>
      <br>
      Thoughts and advice on how to go about this are most welcome.<br>
      <br>
      Best,<br>
      <br>
      coyot<br>
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