Ah yes, that's a good point. If you get around to testing precompile and removing the source files let us know how that turns out.
Only option I've seen for something similar is for the buyer to setup an account and give you admin. Then you can upload the code and (as far as I know) you can't download the source code from the application. . . . can you? On Aug 5, 3:12 pm, mat -- <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is a new (experimental or beta I forget) option you can use in the > > app.yaml file: > > Thanks. I was unaware of this option. I found some information about that > option > here:http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig.html#Pr... > Is this a way for GAE to run .pyc files? > > Does byte compiling provide benefit beyond precompiled? > > My idea was to take advantage of the `compile` feature of web2py to > distribute a commercial web2py app running on GAE. > > -- > Mat > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Chris S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can I ask what advantage running a compiled app is on GAE? > > > There is a new (experimental or beta I forget) option you can use in > > the app.yaml file: > > derived_file_type: > > - python_precompiled > > > Does byte compiling provide benefit beyond precompiled? > > It's quite possible it does and I just don't understand the difference > > in the two. > > > On Aug 5, 2:38 pm, mat -- <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Did you check that? > > > > No. I was using 2.6 > > > > I may be wrong but this is the impression I got last time I checked. > > > > Yes, that seems to be indeed the case. I compiled my web2py app while > > > running python 2.5.5 (matching Google's server?) and the compiled app > > still > > > cannot run on GAE. > > > > Thanks for your answers. > > > > -- > > > Mat > > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:43 PM, mdipierro <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > I do not think compiled app run on GAE. The GAE version of python > > > > claims to be 2.5 but has different magic number then normal 2.5. This > > > > means it is syntactically the same but uses incompatible bytecode. I > > > > may be wrong but this is the impression I got last time I checked. > > > > > On Aug 5, 11:06 am, Alexey Nezhdanov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think your version of python must at least match version on > > Google's > > > > > server. Did you check that? > > > > > > Regards > > > > > Alexey > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:48 PM, mat -- <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > After clicking the `compile` button in appadmin, my web2py app no > > > > longer > > > > > > runs on GAE. > > > > > > > Is this expected behavior? > > > > > > > Can only uncompiled app run on GAE? > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Mat > >
