First step to remove nuitka dependency

__main__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# encoding: utf-8
+# file: __main__.py
+
+"""
+This file is an alternativ to ./patroneo when using zipapp.
+Any code changes in ./patroneo must be manually recplicated here.
+"""
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from template import start #Executes various start up checks and sets up our environment likes search paths
+    from qtgui import mainwindow #which in turn imports the engine and starts the engine
+    with start.profiler():
+        mainwindow.MainWindow().qtApp.exec_()
+        #Program is over. Code here does not get executed. Quit is done via NSM in mainWindow._nsmQuit
+

template/.gitignore

@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ venv.bak/
 .mypy_cache/
 
 
-#nuitka and makefile
+#Build
 *.bin
 *.build
+build/
 Makefile
 site-packages
 calfbox/.deps

template/Makefile.in

@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@
 
 all: | calfbox
 	#Our Program
-	printf "prefix = \"$(PREFIX)\"" > compiledprefix.py
-	PYTHONPATH="site-packages" python3 -m nuitka --recurse-all  --python-flag -O --warn-unusual-code --warn-implicit-exceptions --recurse-not-to=PyQt5 --show-progress --show-modules --file-reference-choice=runtime $(PROGRAM)
+	mkdir build
+	cd build && printf "prefix = \"$(PREFIX)\"" > compiledprefix.py
+	cp -r patroneo __main__.py engine qtgui site-packages template build
+	#We only need the installed calfbox in local site-packages. The repo in template is full with build data anyway, don't zip that in.
+	rm -rf build/template/calfbox
+	#Clean all pycache in build
+	cd build && find . -type d -name  "__pycache__" -exec rm -r {} +
+	python -m zipapp "build" --output="$(PROGRAM).bin" --python="/usr/bin/env python3"
 	rm compiledprefix.py
 
-#A mode that just compiles calfbox locally so you can run the whole program standalone without nuitka
+#A mode that just compiles calfbox locally so you can run the whole program standalone
 calfbox:
 	mkdir -p site-packages
 	#First build the shared lib. Instead of running make install we create the lib ourselves directly
@@ -35,6 +41,7 @@ calfbox:
 clean:
 	cd template/calfbox && make distclean && rm -rf build
 
+	rm -rf build/
 	rm -rf site-packages
 	rm -f "$(PROGRAM).bin"
 	rm -rf "$(PROGRAM).build"
@@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ install:
 	install -D -m 644 README.md $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/doc/$(PROGRAM)/README.md
 	install -D -m 644 LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/doc/$(PROGRAM)/LICENSE
 
-	install -D -m 644 desktop/desktop.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/applications/org.laborejo.$(PROGRAM).desktop	
+	install -D -m 644 desktop/desktop.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/applications/org.laborejo.$(PROGRAM).desktop
 
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
 	gzip -c documentation/$(PROGRAM).1 > $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/$(PROGRAM).1.gz

template/configure.template

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 prefix=/usr/local
 required_version_python=3.6
 required_version_pyqt=5.0
-required_version_nuitka=0.6
 
 
 for arg in "$@"; do
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
     --help)
         echo 'usage: ./configure [options]'
         echo 'options:'
-        echo '  --prefix=<path>: installation prefix'        
+        echo '  --prefix=<path>: installation prefix'
         #echo '  --enable-debug: include debug symbols'
         #echo '  --disable-debug: do not include debug symbols'
         echo 'all invalid options are silently ignored'
@@ -47,10 +46,6 @@ python3 -c 'import PyQt5' >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "PyQt for Python3 >= $re
 PYQTVERSION=$(python3 -c 'from PyQt5.QtCore import QT_VERSION_STR; print(QT_VERSION_STR)')
 if version_gt $required_version_pyqt $PYQTVERSION; then echo "PyQt must be version >= $required_version_pyqt but is $PYQTVERSION. Aborting."; exit 1; fi
 
-command -v nuitka3 >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Nuitka3 is required but it's not installed.  Aborting."; exit 1; }
-NUITKAVERSION=$(python3 -c 'import nuitka.Version; print(nuitka.Version.getNuitkaVersion())')
-if version_gt $required_version_nuitka $NUITKAVERSION; then echo "Nuitka3 must be version >= $required_version_nuitka but is $NUITKAVERSION. Aborting."; exit 1; fi
-
 echo "Sub-Configure for calfbox"
 set -e
 #We need to be in the directory,

template/documentation/readme.template

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ It is possible to clone a git repository.
 
 #### Build Dependencies
 * Bash
-* Nuitka >= 0.6 (maybe earlier. Optional when running from source dir)
 * GCC (development is done on 8.2, but most likely you can use a much earlier version)
 
 ### Environment:
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ You can run <name> after extracting the release archive or cloning from git, wit
 ### Calfbox
 "Calfbox" is the name of our internal realtime midi/audio python module.
 
-* You can either choose to install the module systemwide, which will make running all Laborejo Software Suite programs more convenient (when run from the source dir). Please consult https://github.com/kfoltman/calfbox 
+* You can either choose to install the module systemwide, which will make running all Laborejo Software Suite programs more convenient (when run from the source dir). Please consult https://github.com/kfoltman/calfbox
 * Or you just run `./configure` and `make calfbox` without subsequent install, which creates a `site-packages` directory in the source dir.
 * A third option is `<shortname> --mute` which runs without sound at all and does not need calfbox.
 

template/gitignore.template

@@ -104,11 +104,12 @@ venv.bak/
 .mypy_cache/
 
 
-#nuitka and makefile
+#build process
 *.bin
 *.build
+build/
 Makefile
-engine/compiledprefix.py
+compiledprefix.py
 site-packages
 template/calfbox/.deps
 template/calfbox/build

template/start.py

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ logger.info("import")
 """set up python search path before the program starts and cbox gets imported.
 We need to be earliest, so let's put it here.
 This is influence during compiling by creating a temporary file "compiledprefix.py".
-Nuitka complies that in, when make is finished we delete it.
+pyzipapp archives that in, when make is finished we delete it.
 
 #Default mode is a self-contained directory relative to the uncompiled patroneo python start script
 """