diff --git a/extras/build_web2py/setup_app.py b/extras/build_web2py/setup_app.py
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--- a/extras/build_web2py/setup_app.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-"""
-This is a setup.py script generated by py2applet
-
-Usage:
-    python setup.py py2app
-"""
-
-copy_apps = False
-copy_scripts = True
-copy_site_packages = True
-remove_build_files = True
-make_zip = True
-zip_filename = "web2py_osx"
-
-from setuptools import setup
-from gluon.import_all import base_modules, contributed_modules
-from gluon.fileutils import readlines_file
-import os
-import fnmatch
-import shutil
-import sys
-import re
-import zipfile
-
-#read web2py version from VERSION file
-web2py_version_line = readlines_file('VERSION')[0]
-#use regular expression to get just the version number
-v_re = re.compile('[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
-web2py_version = v_re.search(web2py_version_line).group(0)
-
-class reglob:
-    def __init__(self, directory, pattern="*"):
-        self.stack = [directory]
-        self.pattern = pattern
-        self.files = []
-        self.index = 0
-
-    def __getitem__(self, index):
-        while 1:
-            try:
-                file = self.files[self.index]
-                self.index = self.index + 1
-            except IndexError:
-                self.index = 0
-                self.directory = self.stack.pop()
-                self.files = os.listdir(self.directory)
-            else:
-                fullname = os.path.join(self.directory, file)
-                if os.path.isdir(fullname) and not os.path.islink(fullname):
-                    self.stack.append(fullname)
-                if not (file.startswith('.') or file.startswith('#') or file.endswith('~')) \
-                        and fnmatch.fnmatch(file, self.pattern):
-                    return fullname
-
-setup(app=['web2py.py'],
-      version=web2py_version,
-      description="web2py web framework",
-      author="Massimo DiPierro",
-      license="LGPL v3",
-      data_files=[
-      'NEWINSTALL',
-      'ABOUT',
-      'LICENSE',
-      'VERSION',
-      'splashlogo.gif',
-      'logging.example.conf',
-      'options_std.py',
-      ],
-      options={'py2app': {
-               'argv_emulation': True,
-               'includes': base_modules,
-               }},
-      setup_requires=['py2app'])
-
-
-def copy_folders(source, destination):
-    """Copy files & folders from source to destination (within dist/)"""
-    print 'copying %s -> %s' % (source, destination)
-    base = 'dist/web2py.app/Contents/Resources/'
-    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(base, destination)):
-        shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(base, destination))
-    shutil.copytree(os.path.join(source), os.path.join(base, destination))
-
-#Should we include applications?
-copy_folders('gluon','gluon')
-
-if copy_apps:
-    copy_folders('applications', 'applications')
-    print "Your application(s) have been added"
-else:
-    #only copy web2py's default applications
-    copy_folders('applications/admin', 'applications/admin')
-    copy_folders('applications/welcome', 'applications/welcome')
-    copy_folders('applications/examples', 'applications/examples')
-    print "Only web2py's admin, examples & welcome applications have been added"
-
-
-#should we copy project's site-packages into dist/site-packages
-if copy_site_packages:
-    #copy site-packages
-    copy_folders('site-packages', 'site-packages')
-else:
-    #no worries, web2py will create the (empty) folder first run
-    print "Skipping site-packages"
-    pass
-
-#should we copy project's scripts into dist/scripts
-if copy_scripts:
-    #copy scripts
-    copy_folders('scripts', 'scripts')
-else:
-    #no worries, web2py will create the (empty) folder first run
-    print "Skipping scripts"
-    pass
-
-
-#borrowed from http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/851018-how-zip-directory-python-using-zipfile
-def recursive_zip(zipf, directory, folder=""):
-    for item in os.listdir(directory):
-        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(directory, item)):
-            zipf.write(os.path.join(directory, item), folder + os.sep + item)
-        elif os.path.isdir(os.path.join(directory, item)):
-            recursive_zip(
-                zipf, os.path.join(directory, item), folder + os.sep + item)
-
-#should we create a zip file of the build?
-
-if make_zip:
-    #to keep consistent with how official web2py windows zip file is setup,
-    #create a web2py folder & copy dist's files into it
-    shutil.copytree('dist', 'zip_temp/web2py')
-    #create zip file
-    #use filename specified via command line
-    zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(
-        zip_filename + ".zip", "w", compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
-    path = 'zip_temp'  # just temp so the web2py directory is included in our zip file
-    recursive_zip(
-        zipf, path)  # leave the first folder as None, as path is root.
-    zipf.close()
-    shutil.rmtree('zip_temp')
-    print "Your Windows binary version of web2py can be found in " + \
-        zip_filename + ".zip"
-    print "You may extract the archive anywhere and then run web2py/web2py.exe"
-
-#should py2exe build files be removed?
-if remove_build_files:
-    shutil.rmtree('build')
-    shutil.rmtree('deposit')
-    shutil.rmtree('dist')
-    print "py2exe build files removed"
-
-#final info
-if not make_zip and not remove_build_files:
-    print "Your Windows binary & associated files can also be found in /dist"
-
-print "Finished!"
-print "Enjoy web2py " + web2py_version_line