chore: build dependencies into distribution tarball

.gitignore

@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ uv.lock
 .coverage
 pyapp-latest/
 dist/
+cpython

DEVELOPERS.md

@@ -14,5 +14,10 @@ sphinx-build -M html source build -a
 
 # Building standalone DZGUI release binaries
 1. Run `./scripts/dl_pyapp.sh`
-2. Run `python3 scripts/release.py`
+# TODO: secondary script that packs this archive
-3. Generate a release and tag against the bundled `dzgui` executable
+2. Download cpython 3.13, linux, gnu, v3
+https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/20251014/cpython-3.13.9%2B20251014-x86_64_v3-unknown-linux-gnu-install_only_stripped.tar.gz
+3. Explicitly install dependencies into site-packages
+4. Pack back into a tarball
+5. Run `python3 scripts/release.py`
+6. Generate a release and tag against the bundled `dzgui` executable

scripts/release.py

@@ -26,9 +26,15 @@ env["PYAPP_PROJECT_VERSION"] = version
 env["PYAPP_PROJECT_NAME"] = appname
 env["PYAPP_EXEC_SPEC"] = entrypoint
 env["PYAPP_PROJECT_PATH"] = wheel
-env["PYAPP_DISTRIBUTION_EMBED"] = "true"
-env["PYAPP_PYTHON_VERSION"] = "3.13"
 env["PYAPP_PASS_LOCATION"] = "true"
+# env["PYAPP_PYTHON_VERSION"] = "3.13"
+
+# NOTE: explicitly install all dependencies into distribution
+env["PYAPP_SKIP_INSTALL"] = "true"
+env["PYAPP_DISTRIBUTION_EMBED"] = "true"
+env["PYAPP_FULL_ISOLATION"] = "true"
+env["PYAPP_DISTRIBUTION_PATH"] = "cpython/airgapped.tar.gz"
+env["PYAPP_DISTRIBUTION_PYTHON_PATH"] = "python/bin/python3"
 
 proc = subprocess.run(["cargo", "build", "--release"], env=env, cwd=pyapp_dir)
 if proc.returncode == 0: