Am 15.09.2010 01:28, schrieb Edward d'Auvergne: > Hi, > > This seems like a great idea. Anything to make it easier for the user > would be better. I've installed this on my Win2k VM image and tested > it - on Mandriva 2010.0, I could not compile the bootloader image so > could not test it. This is not a simple process and there are a few > problems: > > 1) The first is automation of the process for packages. Pyinstaller > seems to need to run python within the pyinstaller installation > directory. The *.spec file would be better to be in the relax file > system and this should be scripted to be all self contained within > relax. We need all of this info in the relax file structure so that > someone can take over the process in the future. >
That's a bit annoying, but considering it only has to be made a couple of time, we should be able to deal with it. > 2) I've now included the relax logo graphics in the 'graphics' > directory, but on Windows I cannot use the ulysses.ico file for the > program icon. > Do you get the 'Python' icon? I had the same issue. It seems that Python has no control on the icon of programs on Windows. > 3) Another problem I have is that when launching the compiled relax > program on Windows built in this way, the program tries to access the > Internet. I have no idea what this is doing, but relax should not be > doing this. This is very, very suspicious behaviour :S > That's very bad! There has to be a way to block it! > 4) Running the test suite is a catastrophe. There are 146 errors in > 155 system tests, and the unit tests will not even run. > > 5) The traceback messages do not have the normal relax file > structure, so we may not be able to help users with errors on these > versions. > Maybe it is more for GUI users, where messages are displayed in the controller... > The concept that the user downloads a single file without any > dependencies is a great idea for Windows users, or even all users who > would like to run it without administrator privileges. But all these > problems will have to be sorted out before this would be of any use. > I think it would be great especially for users that don't want to install Python and all the additional modules, as it might end up with quite a mess in Windows and Mac. I still think Linux users will prefer the Python source code and just install the modules (which is simple on Linux). But for non experts, that would be a very simple way to quickly analyze relaxation data. Cheers Michael > Regards, > > Edward > > > On 14 September 2010 00:47, Michael Bieri<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Edward >> >> What do you think about compiling the Python scripts to binaries? There >> is a tool called PyInstaller (http://www.pyinstaller.org/) that does >> that pretty well. >> >> The advantage is that users only have to download a single file, which >> is bigger, but includes all the Packages (Python modules, NumPy, SciPy, >> wxPython....). It works fine on Linux and Mac. On Windows, there is a >> limit to Python 2.5, as Python 2.6 requires .dll files of Windows, which >> are protected. >> >> I tested PyInstaller on another program using the same modules and it >> worked fine (Linux and Windows, not tested on Mac). >> >> Cheers >> Michael >> >> _______________________________________________ >> relax (http://nmr-relax.com) >> >> This is the relax-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, get a password >> reminder, or change your subscription options, >> visit the list information page at >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/relax-devel >> >> > > _______________________________________________ relax (http://nmr-relax.com) This is the relax-devel mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, visit the list information page at https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/relax-devel
