[jeremydw]

This is how I distribute Grow (grow.io), a Python program. It's worked really well so far, but it's also produced a few issues in development, for me.

For example, PyInstaller itself changes drastically from version-to-version, and I've previously had to spend hours picking away at why "compiled" Grow worked before but no longer works post-PyInstaller updates.

Overall happy though, and much happier to write in Python and distribute a single executable without requiring folks to muck around with Python versions, pip, dependencies, etc.

[giovannibajo1]

The python distribution story is far behind Go. This article goes into more details: https://glyph.twistedmatrix.com/2015/09/software-you-can-use...

PS: I'm the original author of PyInstaller. I obviously love it but it's a gross hack around the fact that Python doesn't have a serious distribution story.