[wxPython-users] Re: wxpython application vista

[Paul McNett]

Don Dwiggins wrote:
> Paul McNett wrote:
>> True, although I'm about to go into production on an application that 
>> will go out to potentially hundreds of end-users, with connections 
>> that are potentially unreliable and slow compared with what us techies 
>> are used to, with frequent and required application updates. The 
>> smallest I've been able to make my setup.exe is 9.5 MB.
> 
> If this is a major consideration, look into PyInstaller as an 
> alternative.  I found that an app of mine that ran about 13Mb under 
> py2exe dropped to around 5 Mb under PyInstaller.  There's a learning 
> curve, though -- PyInstaller uses a very different "language".  (I think 
>  it may be the use of UPX that allows the greater compression; perhaps 
> py2exe could be modified to use UPX.)

Thanks: I've been meaning to look at PyInstaller, especially because of 
its aim to provide installers for all platforms, not just Windows. I've 
earmarked it and will attempt to migrate to it once I get past this 
phase of my app's deployment. I'm kind of behind (understatement of the 
century!)

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