What are common strategies for updating python programs?

Question

I have a Windows program that I made with python and py2exe. I'd like to create an updating feature so that the software can be readily updated.

What are common ways of going about this?

Answer 1

If you think your code might benefit others, you could put it up on PyPI. Then having different versions is just updating your package, or telling your clients to use easy_install to get the latest version. This doesn't push updates, though.

You can try Esky, which is an auto-update framework for managing different versions, including fetching new versions and rolling back partial updates. It can be found on PyPI.

That said, I haven't used Esky. If you wish to roll your own auto-update feature, you might want to look at Boxed Dice to see how they got around to it.