On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
You should find it to be able 1/4 MB smaller now. I moved the card images out of the framework and into the demo, eliminating some uneeded resources. Regards, Nate _______________________________________________ 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]
