It should be easy enough to make a base app using Python 2.7 - I just focus on Python 3 first, because that's what I'm most interested in.
As John pointed out, Flatpak is a Linux technology. I have also experimented with making it easy to build Windows installers for Python applications - my project for that is called Pynsist, and you can see an example using Pygame here: https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/tree/master/examples/pygame (Pynsist does not use the Windows sandboxing mechanisms John described) Eventually, I'd like to have a common format for describing Python applications, and a set of tools that can use that to build packages, installers, self-contained executables and so forth for different platforms. Pynsist would be one such tool, and my investigations into Flatpak will hopefully lead to another tool. Luke: thanks, I'll look at what it would take to Flatpak-ify your game. Thomas On 7 March 2017 at 07:06, DiliupG <dili...@gmail.com> wrote: > a python 27 version for windows would be GREATLY appreciated unless you > consider python 27 users redundant and windows, not a real os. > :( > > > On 7 March 2017 at 02:28, Luke Paireepinart <rabidpoob...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Would be great to try this on my pyweek entry if you're looking for games >> to test, just let me know how it turns out. It's called solar flair, but >> was developed with python 2.7 on Windows. I'm not sure on the compatibility >> with 3.x. - https://github.com/lukevp/pyweek23 >> >> >> On Mar 6, 2017 12:11 PM, "Thomas Kluyver" <tak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I developed this a bit further, though there's still more I hope to do >> with it. >> >> It turns out that building a custom runtime is discouraged; the better >> way to support game developers is to build a 'base app', which people can >> then add their own game files to. I have prepared two different base apps: >> one includes Python 3.6, and makes a download of about 30 MiB. The other >> uses Python 3.4 from the shared runtime, so is a download of about 7 MiB. >> My idea is that the game developer can choose between the latest language >> features and a quicker installation. >> >> My next step is to make a more complete example of using this to package >> a game (so far, I've tested with the 'aliens' example that ships with >> pygame). I might try with the solarwolf example on Pygame's Github org - or >> if anyone wants to suggest another suitable open-source game based on >> pygame, I could try with that. >> >> Thomas >> >> On 26 February 2017 at 19:47, Thomas Kluyver <tak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I spent a while today playing with Flatpak, a new system for packaging >>> sandboxed applications on Linux. The result is an example that can build >>> and install Pygame's Aliens example game: >>> >>> https://github.com/takluyver/pygame-flatpak-test >>> >>> If you're running Fedora 24+, Ubuntu 16.10 (might need a PPA?) Debian >>> testing/unstable or Arch, you can install Flatpak and try it out. >>> >>> This is quite rough at the moment, but I think it has good potential for >>> distributing games to Linux users in the future. It looks like [1] Flatpak >>> is on its way to becoming the default cross-distro app distribution >>> mechanism for desktop Linux. >>> >>> The big improvement I'd like to make is building a dedicated Flatpak >>> 'runtime' for pygame, including a newer version of Python - the base >>> runtime I'm using at present has Python 3.4. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Thomas >>> >>> [1] https://kamikazow.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/adoption-of-flatp >>> ak-vs-snap/ >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Kalasuri Diliup Gabadamudalige > > https://dahamgatalu.wordpress.com/ > http://soft.diliupg.com/ > http://www.diliupg.com > > ************************************************************ > ********************************** > This e-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you are > not the intended recipient or have received it in error, please delete it > and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by return > e-mail. Any unauthorized reading, reproducing, printing or further > dissemination of this e-mail or its contents is strictly prohibited and may > be unlawful. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely, > secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any > errors or omissions. > ************************************************************ > ********************************** > >
