How should Python packages be installed on Windows CE?
The context is that I am preparing a new release of comtypes.
I have learned so far on this list that a CAB file is a convenient way
to install software, but my question is what should this cab file create:
- as usual on Windows, a directory tree containing .py files in \Program
Files\Python\Python25
or
- a zipfile in \Program Files\Python\Python25 which would be put on sys.path
by a .pth file in the same directory and imported by the zipimport mechanism?
For the zip-file, there are again several possibilities:
- should the zipfile be compressed to save space or not? I'm not
sure if decompressing slows down importing or not...
- Should the zipfile contain only .pyc files to save space, but
then source code is not available for tracebacks, for example
- Should the zipfile contain only .py files to save space, but
importing would probably be slower because the modules have to
be recompiled every time Python uses them
- Should the zipfile contain .py files plus .pyc files?
Or are there even other possibilities?
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Thanks,
Thomas
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