Malcolm Greene wrote: > Can your packaging of an application include external components like a > MySQL or SQLite engine or must these be separate installs?
It can include external components, and usually does. > Do the py* packagers support the ability to create multiple 'library > files' (for lack of a better term?) that can be updated independent of > the main distribution vs. having to re-distribute a full build with > every new release? For example, I distribute my VFP applications as a > generic loader application that in turn calls my main app. My generic > loader application is big, contains my runtime and external DLL/FLLs > (unloaded at startup) and is infrequently updated. My main application > (that is called by my loader) is updated more frequently and exists as a > separate APP file or files. Is this type of packaging possible with the > py* packagers? Yes it is possible. > Do the py* packagers provide some form of encryption to prevent > de-compilation? Or must I adjust to the brave new world of unprotected > source code? You can choose to only distribute optimized python byte code, which will be tougher to decompile but still possible. Comments will not be there. > Paul: Did I understand your Python/Dabo application releases (after > packaging) are a single 25M EXE file? Yes. > What percent of this size is due > to your application vs. components? My app is less than a meg. The rest is Python, wxPython, MySQL, reportlab, sqlite, dabo, and a whole host of other dependencies. > How efficiently does this 25M > distribution compress? My setup.exe made with innosetup is about 9 MB. > Per my loader question above, would it be > possible to package the non-application portion of your applications in > a generic loader (distributed once) and distribute your application as a > separate file that could be updated independent of your loader (and its > core libraries)? Yes it would be possible, although I've never done it that way personally. Paul -- http://paulmcnett.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
