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It probably requires unpacking files onto the disk every single time? At least that's what I remember of every tool I checked out a while ago.
by mehrdadn 7y ago
It probably requires unpacking files onto the disk every single time? At least that's what I remember of every tool I checked out a while ago.
- mherrmann 7y agoI think PyInstaller does, yes, if you use single file mode. The default mode simply uses an exploded directory. Not pretty, but really not a problem in practice.
- mehrdadn 7y agoHow is this not a problem in practice? So much write I/O into a temp directory is slow and error-prone, and also you can't guarantee cleanup in case the process quits abnormally. And it's not like the average user will be fond of downloading and unzipping things manually. I know I absolutely loathe programs that self-extract files on a regular basis, and judging from the pains people went through to avoid it here I don't think I'm alone.
- mherrmann 7y agoI meant the exploded directory is not a problem. And the answer to unzipping is an installer.