Re: bootstrapping on machines without Python

2009-11-14 Thread Jonathan Hartley
On Nov 13, 10:25 pm, mma...@gmx.net wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:40:28 -0800 (PST) > > Jonathan Hartley wrote: > > Even my very limited understanding of the issues is enough to see that > > the idea is far from trivial. Thanks heaps for the input from everyone. Martin Lemburg's 'chained' appr

Re: bootstrapping on machines without Python

2009-11-14 Thread Jonathan Hartley
On Nov 13, 1:57 pm, Tim Golden wrote: > Jonathan Hartley wrote: > > While examining py2exe et al of late, my thoughts keep returning to > > the idea of writing, in C or similar, a compiled stand-alone > > executable 'bootstrapper', which: > > 1) downloads and install a Python interpreter if none e

Re: bootstrapping on machines without Python

2009-11-13 Thread mmanns
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:40:28 -0800 (PST) Jonathan Hartley wrote: > Even my very limited understanding of the issues is enough to see that > the idea is far from trivial. [...] > In the long run, to be useful for real projects, the bootstrapper > would need to manage some nasty details: > * diff

Re: bootstrapping on machines without Python

2009-11-13 Thread Thomas Heller
M.-A. Lemburg schrieb: > Jonathan Hartley wrote: >> While examining py2exe et al of late, my thoughts keep returning to >> the idea of writing, in C or similar, a compiled stand-alone >> executable 'bootstrapper', which: >> 1) downloads and install a Python interpreter if none exists >> 2) runs the

Re: bootstrapping on machines without Python

2009-11-13 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Jonathan Hartley wrote: > While examining py2exe et al of late, my thoughts keep returning to > the idea of writing, in C or similar, a compiled stand-alone > executable 'bootstrapper', which: > 1) downloads and install a Python interpreter if none exists > 2) runs the application's Python source c

Re: bootstrapping on machines without Python

2009-11-13 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
Jonathan Hartley wrote: While examining py2exe et al of late, my thoughts keep returning to the idea of writing, in C or similar, a compiled stand-alone executable 'bootstrapper', which: 1) downloads and install a Python interpreter if none exists 2) runs the application's Python source code usin

Re: bootstrapping on machines without Python

2009-11-13 Thread Tim Golden
Jonathan Hartley wrote: While examining py2exe et al of late, my thoughts keep returning to the idea of writing, in C or similar, a compiled stand-alone executable 'bootstrapper', which: 1) downloads and install a Python interpreter if none exists 2) runs the application's Python source code usin

bootstrapping on machines without Python

2009-11-13 Thread Jonathan Hartley
While examining py2exe et al of late, my thoughts keep returning to the idea of writing, in C or similar, a compiled stand-alone executable 'bootstrapper', which: 1) downloads and install a Python interpreter if none exists 2) runs the application's Python source code using this interpreter. An ap