Hello, on behalf of the PyInstaller development team I'm happy to announce PyInstaller 4.0.
http://www.pyinstaller.org Thanks for all those who contributed questions, bug-reports or pull-requests. PyInstaller is in urgent need of funding to make future security fixes happen, see <https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/4404> for details. === Important Changes === Release 4.0 adds support for 3rd-party packages to provide PyInstaller hooks along with the package. This allows Maintainers of other Python packages to deliver up-to-date PyInstaller hooks as part of their package. See our sample project <https://github.com/pyinstaller/hooksample> for more information. PyInstaller uses this option itself to provide updated hooks much faster: Many hooks are moved into the new package pyinstaller-hooks-contrib <https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller-hooks-contrib>, which is updated monthly. This package is installed automatically when installing PyInstaller, but can also be updated independently. Finally, this version drops support for Python 2.7, which is end-of-life since January 2020.. The minimum required version is now Python 3.5. The last version supporting Python 2.7 was PyInstaller 3.6. The full changelog for this release can be found at: https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/v4.0/CHANGES.html === What it is === PyInstaller bundles a Python application and all its dependencies into a single package. The user can run the packaged app without installing a Python interpreter or any modules. PyInstaller reads a Python script written by you. It analyzes your code to discover every other module and library your script needs in order to execute. Then it collects copies of all those files – including the active Python interpreter! – and puts them with your script in a single folder, or optionally in a single executable file. PyInstaller is tested against Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. However, it is not a cross-compiler: to make a Windows app you run PyInstaller in Windows; to make a Linux app you run it in Linux, etc. PyInstaller has been used successfully with AIX, Solaris, and FreeBSD, but is not tested against them. === Help keeping PyInstaller alive === Maintaining PyInstaller is a huge amount of work. PyInstaller development can only continue if users and companies provide sustainable funding. Please consider recurring donations. See http://www.pyinstaller.org/funding.html for how to support PyInstaller. === Installation === PyInstaller can be installed from PyPi using pip install pyinstaller === Important Changes === The full changelog for this release can be found at: https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/v4.0/CHANGES.html === Feedback === We're eager to listen to your feedback on using PyInstaller: Bug tracker: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues Mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/PyInstaller -- Schönen Gruß Hartmut Goebel Dipl.-Informatiker (univ), CISSP, CSSLP, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer Information Security Management, Security Governance, Secure Software Development Goebel Consult, Landshut http://www.goebel-consult.de Blog: http://www.goebel-consult.de/blog/warum-sie-nicht-perl-programmiern-sollten Kolumne: http://www.cissp-gefluester.de/2012-02-bring-your-own-life-glosse -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
