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Subject:    Re: [PyQt] pyqtdeploy vs. others...
From:       Patrick Stinson <patrickkidd () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-10-31 11:35:34
Message-ID: 84B0C757-7FCD-44FF-BC65-DCC2CDD9C2A9 () gmail ! com
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I have experience with cx_freeze and pyinstaller. Both worked ok and I had the most \
success with cx_freeze. However I would say that pyqtdeploy is quite superior. The \
downside is that it took some tinkering to get used to how it works, and then it can \
be clunky to customize, for example adding extra C modules from the python source. \
But I have submitted some patches for those problems and we'll see how Phil does with \
version 2.

The upsides are that it feels like a much more solid platform than the others, and \
has a more robust feature set. Plus, Phil has been around longer and I have faith in \
the longevity of this project. The amount of code in pyqtdeploy accounting for \
different environments is impressive, and I think the code is always clean and \
readable. I can understand the desire to simply crank out an exe or app from python \
source and this is a reasonable request, but I am grateful that I have read most of \
the pyqtdeploy source and can customize it if necessary. I would say dive in if you \
have the time.

It creates a qmake project which will generate an Xcode project, for example, and so \
you can customize it by appending qmake code to the generated .pro. The Xcode project \
will produce an app bundle which contains a single binary file which protects your \
source and simplifies deployment. The editor took a while to understand but it is \
reliable and the xml file format is easy to edit. I can't speak for android \
deployment, only macOS and iOS.

I have developed a fairly clean build system for macOS and iOS from dev to release, \
and would be happy to answer questions and offer tips. I don't check this list very \
often, but if you copy me directly on an email to the list it will pass my filter.

Good luck!
-Patrick

> On Sep 26, 2017, at 9:39 AM, Phil Thompson <phil@riverbankcomputing.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 26 Sep 2017, at 9:33 am, Timothy Grove <tim_grove@sil.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Any advantage to using pyqtdeploy for deploying pyqt5 applications over \
> > pyinstaller or cx_Freeze? Smaller, faster, etc.?
> 
> The original motivation for pyqtdeploy was to simplify the deployment to Android \
> and iOS, ie. in a cross-development environment and with restrictions on what the \
> deployable package was allowed to contain. 
> I wouldn't be surprised if other tools were better (or at least easier to use) when \
> target == host, but I'm not sure if they support target != host. 
> Phil
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