On 1/19/11 9:11 PM, Charles Hartman wrote:
Do I need/want to use py2app to distribute my app(s)?
Never happens.
But this is where Bill J's use-case departs drastically from those of
many users, perhaps most, and certainly the majority of those who need
any help.
I'm not sure about majority -- who knows, really?
Despite what's sometimes implied here, py2app is not a frill.
I agree. It's a really key tool.
One of the great things about Python is that it is suitable for:
Quickie command line scripting
Gluing larger systems together
Full on application development:
- web apps
- command line apps
- GUI apps.
And on the Mac, you can:
- build "native" apps with PyObjC
- build cross-platform GUIs with wx or QT
- build Unix-y apps with pyGTK
- drive other apps with AppScript
Essentially ANY kind of development short of device drivers.
Is there ANY other language you can do all that with? (Ruby, maybe?)
So while py2app may not be "essential to the Python community on Mac",
it IS essential to a fair fraction of that community, and I think that
fact that you can do all these kinds of development with the same tool
strengthens its position for the other purposes as well.
and certainly the majority of those who need any help.
I think that's key -- Bill's approach is fine one for some users, but
not what I"d recommend to newbies that aren't sure how to set a PATH.
The fact that there are a lot of ways to install Python on the Mac has
really been a pain for the community to support (and pretty ironic,
considering how the Mac platform usually is!). I'm not sure there is
much that can be done about it, but one thing we have mostly done is try
to use this list to declare the python.org builds as the "official" ones
and try to get third party projects to build binaries for them
If you need help with macports, ask on a macports list, etc.
-Chris
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