On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 7:22 AM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Jan 2020, 00:14 Chris Angelico, <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> What do you mean by "Python-specific executable"? > > > a Python equivalent of .jar
A jar is just an archive of Java class files. It's approximately equivalent to a zip file of .pyc files. You can't run a .jar file without a Java interpreter. >> Your Python code can go anywhere if you package it up in, say, a .deb >> or .rpm, > > Not everybody uses Linux No, but there are package managers for Windows and Mac too. (I don't think there's any first-party package manager for Macs, but there are some very popular third-party ones eg Homebrew.) >> I >> don't understand how "run on any device" relates to "automatically >> update the Python interpreter", > > > Two unrelated suggestions > >> but it's still a solved problem: *use >> a package manager*. > > > Single-file executables are slick. End-users want to only use the app. And that's the problem: the single-file executable requires you to bundle everything, update it yourself, and duplicate all the code everywhere. Using a package manager means you have ONE copy of the Python interpreter, and all your scripts depend on it. If you update that interpreter, ALL scripts benefit from the update. This is a solved problem. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
