From 4459e19b47b5bc6339e56623e63e500fec608489 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Athanasius <github@miggy.org> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 18:48:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: RELEASING.md: Clarify the py2exe version requirements. 0.9.3.2 will work, due to a hack in setup.py. 0.9.4.0 is pre-release and works with or without that hack. --- docs/RELEASING.md | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/RELEASING.md b/docs/RELEASING.md index 57c332df..5f779abb 100644 --- a/docs/RELEASING.md +++ b/docs/RELEASING.md @@ -20,11 +20,21 @@ Environment 1. `pip install certifi==2019.9.11` (because a later version doesn't work with py2exe, causing cacert.pem to not be found) 1. `pip install requests` 1. `pip install watchdog` -1. [py2exe](https://github.com/albertosottile/py2exe): You need a pre-release version, [0.9.4.0](https://bintray.com/alby128/py2exe/download_file?file_path=py2exe-0.9.4.0-cp37-none-win32.whl), see [this py2exe issue](https://github.com/albertosottile/py2exe/issues/23#issuecomment-541359225) - 1. `pip install py2exe-0.9.4.0-cp37-none-win32.whl` +1. [py2exe](https://github.com/albertosottile/py2exe): + 1. Install the python module. There are two options here. + 1. You can use the latest release version [0.9.3.2](https://github.com/albertosottile/py2exe/releases/tag/v0.9.3.2) and the current Marginal 'python3' branch as-is. This contains a small hack in `setup.py` to ensure `sqlite3.dll` is packaged. + + pip install py2exe-0.9.3.2-cp37-none-win32.whl + 1. Or you can use a pre-release version, [0.9.4.0](https://bintray.com/alby128/py2exe/download_file?file_path=py2exe-0.9.4.0-cp37-none-win32.whl), see [this py2exe issue](https://github.com/albertosottile/py2exe/issues/23#issuecomment-541359225), which packages that DLL file correctly. + + pip install py2exe-0.9.4.0-cp37-none-win32.whl + You can then edit out the following line from `setup.py`, but it does no harm: + + %s/DLLs/sqlite3.dll' % (sys.base_prefix), + 1. `pip install keyring==19.2.0` (because newer tries to get importlib_metadata in a way that doesn't work) - As dependencies also get pulled in here's a list of what ended up in site-packages, and their versions: + As dependencies also get pulled in here's a list of what ends up in site-packages, and their versions: cachetools-4.1.0.dist-info certifi-2019.9.11.dist-info