Steve Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it's any use to you, with PowerTalk (Windows) I use a 2 stage system. > PyInstaller or py2exe to create the stand alone python program and Inno > Setup to create the Windows installation .exe that does other stuff too. > The first stage creates a directory, not single file using the theory > that Inno does compression to single file anyway and onedir should be > faster that onefile for user once installed.
In fact, this is correct. onedir setups have a faster startup time. They're also preferred to ship patches/upgrades: the executable containing the actual Python code is much smaller. -- Giovanni Bajo _______________________________________________ PyInstaller mailing list [email protected] http://lists.hpcf.upr.edu/mailman/listinfo/pyinstaller
