Create a static compiled binary as standalone executable for CI/CD download

[dnsmichi]

Context: #36 requires dependencies being installed when not using the default CI image.

After researching other CI/CD trace tools, such as buildevents, a static binary to download would decrease the config steps to integrate tracepusher.

buildevents does not support Otel yet (honeycombio/buildevents#125).

[agardnerIT]

I've been experimenting with a few options (cxfreeze and pyinstaller). Both do not compile cross-platform, but I've pushed binaries onto a new branch (built by pyinstaller): https://github.com/agardnerIT/tracepusher/tree/feat/self-contained-binary/dist

For future me, the commands:

pip install pyinstaller
pyinstaller --onefile tracepusher.py
cd dist && ls -al

Does this fit the bill?

There is also a brand-new Python-superset language called Mojo which can do both JIT and AOT compilation to produce binaries. It isn't ready yet, but that is something to keep an eye on for the future.

[dnsmichi]

@agardnerIT Thanks for your efforts, this is a great first step to reduce dependencies to download and install. I'll run a few tests soon (test MR in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-de/use-cases/observability/devsecops-efficiency/slow-pipeline-for-analysis/-/merge_requests/1)

[agardnerIT]

@dnsmichi This is getting stale so I'm going to close it. Please re-open if it is still relevant.