[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #1951: "one-file" executable for non-developers

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#1951: "one-file" executable for non-developers
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     Reporter:  warner     |      Owner:
         Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal     |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  packaging  |    Version:  1.9.2
   Resolution:             |   Keywords:
Launchpad Bug:             |
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Comment (by daira):

 I'm pretty skeptical about this. We already got bbfreeze working once
 (#585), and it didn't really solve any problem that we actually had.
 Almost all of the setuptools bugs/misdesign that cause problems with a
 normal build, also cause problems with a bbfreeze build, except that the
 latter is actually worse because no developer uses it, and so it bitrots.
 Also, the result doesn't in practice work unless you have one per platform
 ABI variant.

 I think we should be using virtualenv for everything. A single-file build
 cannot possibly meet developer requirements, and so it's always going to
 be a second-class citizen. A virtualenv build *can* meet end-user
 requirements.

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