Roger Lovelock wrote: > Perhaps I am a victim of the past, but the size of the files created by > py2exe are really scary to me. I know we have a lot more resources these > days - but I was brought up in the days every k counted! > Have read about using UPX and other tools on the output from py2exe. Is this > a good idea? or even worthwhile? any other approaches? > My application seems to be bigger when packaged with py2exe than if I > shipped the dabo runtime plus my code!
It's mostly wxPython that accounts for the file size. I was initially shocked, too, but in practice it really is no big deal. FWIW my INNOSetup-generated setup.exe is usually around 13 MB. Just wait until you start building on Mac, where the equivalent setup.dmg will be about 21 MB. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
