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Not quite true. There are tools that can compile a Python program to a binary. I used PyInstaller years ago to create a single-file .exe file of a Python app I designed for a non-tech savvy friend. Worked like a charm.
Remember, the person does it FOR FREE in his SPARE TIME. Any type of entitlement is absolutely toxic. No, you are not entitled for an installer. Especially with Python. The READMEs are usually 1-5 commands, anyway. People would rather rant for across several forums rather than educate themselves over 30 mins.
I wasn't suggesting the developer is obligated to compile anything. I was simply correcting the person I was responding to because they were incorrect. They said "It's source or nothing", and I chimed in that there are, in fact, ways to compile Python to simple executables. Nowhere did I say the developer is required to do this for end users.
I was rather targeting the whole audience, sorry, didn't mean to come out as rude.
Ah, no worries. It's all good.
Yes, but that's extra effort, for a single platform. In order to properly asuage the goons that whine about no installer, they'd need to compile up such a binary or installer for every OS, for each unique distro.
My point is not that it is impossible, but that to even gain much for everyone, it takes A LOT of extra work. The source code for Python, with build context included, is easier than most other options, and the people asking for more are entitled twats.