py to exe tech #8163
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What's happened with the state of py > exe tech? It's been a while (2017) since I've owned this process and, coming back, it seems like py2exe is no longer the leading open source package, at least in terms of support community. I used py2exe for a while with great results. But now it seems to have fallen behind python + package updates (doesn't work for my current need)
Now it seems like everyone is using PyInstaller, which is supposed to be better for the latest python. But after trying it for a few hours, I'm quickly disappointed. It doesn't build a professional distribution package like py2exe and seems to be a quick-fix for deploy-python-to-users-without-python (vs a more robust desktop app distribution). It doesn't handle app icons and Windows Properties Details well
So now I'm wondering if I should invest more time into getting py2exe to work and deal with what I expect to be ongoing issues compiling the data analysis packages. But it's got me wondering, what happened? What am I missing? Why did the community abandon py2exe? Why isn't PyInstaller building for professional deployment? Is there a different package I should be looking at?
Wondering what the community thinks!
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