Re: bootstrapping on machines without Python

2009-11-14 Thread Jonathan Hartley
On Nov 13, 1:57 pm, Tim Golden m...@timgolden.me.uk 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

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 tart...@tartley.com 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

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

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

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

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 code

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 mmanns
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:40:28 -0800 (PST) Jonathan Hartley tart...@tartley.com 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