On Apr 24, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Christopher Barker wrote: > Hi all, > > Along with the icon discussion (they look great, by the way) There has > been a lot of mention of BuildApplet and Py2Applet, etc. I'm a bit > confused as to what actually exists. This is my understanding -- > someone > please clarify if I'm wrong: > > BuildApplication: Builds a complete *.app bundle, including the > entire > python interpreter, etc. Is is not longer being maintained, and may or > may not work in a given instance.
I don't think this exists. > BuildApplet: Builds a *.app bundle that does not include python, and > thus looks and acts like a "real application", but requires a complete > appropriate python installation. Also no longer maintained, and may or > may not work. Correct. > Py2App: Builds a complete *.app bundle (like BuildApplication) that > includes everything but python if the system python is used, and > includes everything if another python is used. It is more robust than > BuildApplication and is being maintained with a version supporting the > Universal build released. > > Py2Applet: This does not exist. If it did, it would be like > BuildApplet, > but using the Py2App code base. My understanding is that Bob I. > (author > of Py2App) has no need for such a thing, and has thus not written > it. He > has indicated that he will accept patches, however. (Have I got that > right, Bob?) Technically the current name is py2applet, but it has the standalone app behavior. I'd like to slap a GUI on it that lets you tweak settings and generate a setup.py or just build the app, but that's not in the cards any time soon. -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
