Hello, PyInstaller 1.0 is out: http://pyinstaller.hpcf.upr.edu/pyinstaller
Despite its version number, this is a very stable relase, as we are working off the well-known McMillan's Installer, which was discontinued some years ago. Feature highlights: * Packaging of Python programs into standard executables, that work on computers without Python installed. * Multiplatform: works under Windows, Linux and Irix. * Multiversion: works under any version of Python since 1.5. * Dual packaging mode: * Single directory: build a directory containing an executable plus all the external binary modules (.dll, .pyd, .so) used by the program. * Single file: build a single executable file, totally self-contained, which runs without any external dependency. * Support for automatic binary packing through the well-known UPX compressor. * Optional console mode (see standard output and standard error at runtime). * Selectable executable icon (Windows only). * Fully configurable version resource section in executable (Windows only). * Support for building COM servers (Windows only). ChangeLog (with respect to the latest official release of McMillan's Installer): (+ user visible changes, * internal stuff) + Add support for Python 2.3 (fix packaging of codecs). + Add support for Python 2.4 (under Windows, needed to recompiled the bootloader with a different compiler version). + Fix support for Python 1.5.2, should be fully functional now (required to rewrite some parts of the string module for the bootloader). + Fix a rare bug in extracting the dependencies of a DLL (bug in PE header parser). + Fix packaging of PyQt programs (needed an import hook for a hidden import). + Fix imports calculation for modules using the "from __init__ import" syntax. + Fix a packaging bug when a module was being import both through binary dependency and direct import. * Restyle documentation (now using docutils and reStructuredText). * New Windows build system for automatic compilations of bootloader in all the required flavours (using Scons) Documentation: http://pyinstaller.hpcf.upr.edu/trac_common/docs/Manual_v1.0.html Mailing list: http://lists.hpcf.upr.edu/mailman/listinfo/pyinstaller Future plans: * Make executables built with Python 2.4 not depend on MSVCR71.DLL (under Windows) * Add a very simple frontend to simplify the usage * Make PyInstaller a normal distutil package. Happy packaging! -- Giovanni Bajo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
