[Bug]: GUI is too big in size about vanilla-installer-python HOT 5 CLOSED

Or more specifically, where is zip used/distributed, if at all?

It isn't - it's just a test I did to just include the exe in a zip file or a 7z vs one file (made with --onefile) that extracts to a temp directory. I found it interesting that zip was that much more in testing though haha

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This is unfortunately just the state of Python compiling. We have solutions that bundle the entire Python interpreter (PyInstaller, cx_Freeze, etc), or compiling it to C(++) and then compiling it to DLLs that way (nuitka). Both take up quite a lot of space; I think what's most at fault is the fact that we have to bundle Qt/PySide. In theory I could delete all the Qt DLLs that we don't use however I'm not sure how much that would help and if it would break anything.

The only other solution is a rewrite in another language that has a native compiler with a better solution - I think I was going to try to rewrite this in Rust to learn it and basically for fun; however if it ever is any better then we could consider using it. That's not in the scope of this for now though; not to mention I'm a terrible UI designer lol

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We have solutions that bundle the entire Python interpreter (PyInstaller, cx_Freeze, etc), or compiling it to C(++) and then compiling it to DLLs that way (nuitka). Both take up quite a lot of space; I think what's most at fault is the fact that we have to bundle Qt/PySide. In theory I could delete all the Qt DLLs that we don't use

Do test these options then.

Don't the style effects play any role in this? As in, using a system font/background and icons as normal buttons maybe could reduce the size.

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Done some experimenting here - it turns out that when compiling we were including the PySide6.examples module, which is not used (as you could guess). Removing that brings it down to 31MB as a .zip, 21MB as a .7z, and 23MB as a onefile compressed exe. To say the least, that's progress.

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Could be even smaller but I'd say it is okay for the first release.
Does zip really have to be 31 MB or can it be compressed more? Or more specifically, where is zip used/distributed, if at all?

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