Detailed explanation about Python's "freeze"

Is there anywhere a detailed ex开发者_运维知识库planation about Python's "freeze" thing? I saw the PyPi page, but I don't think it's comprehensive enough.

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There is documentation about freeze on the wiki and the source docstring is pretty good.. There is an alternative, cx_Freeze. For windows there is py2exe. For Macs, py2app.

Unless you are trying to make a single-download type program for windows, it is often easier to rely on eggs or source packages installed via setup.py/setuptools/distribute/pip.