I wish more projects would compile their Python tool into a stand alone executable so that the users wouldn't have to deal with the installation process.
I will at some point write about how to do that with Python, so that the knowledge will more broadly available and maybe the community will grow the habit of doing it.
Excellent, one of the problems with this is that you can't google it. Well, of course you can but you'll get a million contradicting resources and all that float to the top are too basic anyway. I really enjoyed your post, saved and will pass it along.
Thanks a lot, I planned to do it and I forgot. I've just added the link and it's indeed way better like this.
Substack doesn't really have any way to make a series of articles, or to bundle stuff together, so linking manually is the only thing you can do that will give a little structure.
One more reason to move off it when I find the time.
I wish more projects would compile their Python tool into a stand alone executable so that the users wouldn't have to deal with the installation process.
I will at some point write about how to do that with Python, so that the knowledge will more broadly available and maybe the community will grow the habit of doing it.
Meanwhile, I don't have more to offer than the "Relieving your Python packaging pain" procedure: https://www.bitecode.dev/p/relieving-your-python-packaging-p...
It's not perfect, but it's an improvement for any people that don't do a lot of Python but has to.