In a prior job, I did a decent amount of Python distributions. I had it simple: 1-2 python libraries plugging into a single app which was distributed on a .deb

In a prior job, I did a decent amount of Python distributions. I had it simple: 1-2 python libraries plugging into a single app which was distributed on a .deb server. Even that was not particularly fun. I can definitely understand the appeal of a build n run system. As a user, I find rubygem based installs rather horrific (same for pypi & cpan). n.b.: I'm sure there are tools out there that will appropriately massage your app and put together a app.zip package for you. But IME those sorts of tools are a lot of work to get going.