[build] py2exe: Migrate to freeze API (#5149)

Closes #5135
Authored by: SG5, pukkandan

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.8'
     - name: Install Requirements
       run: |  # Custom pyinstaller built with https://github.com/yt-dlp/pyinstaller-builds
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel "py2exe<0.12"
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel py2exe
           pip install "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/x86_64/pyinstaller-5.3-py3-none-any.whl" -r requirements.txt
 
     - name: Prepare

setup.py

@@ -36,25 +36,24 @@ def packages():
 
 
 def py2exe_params():
-    import py2exe  # noqa: F401
-
     warnings.warn(
         'py2exe builds do not support pycryptodomex and needs VC++14 to run. '
-        'The recommended way is to use "pyinst.py" to build using pyinstaller')
+        'It is recommended to run "pyinst.py" to build using pyinstaller instead')
 
     return {
         'console': [{
             'script': './yt_dlp/__main__.py',
             'dest_base': 'yt-dlp',
+            'icon_resources': [(1, 'devscripts/logo.ico')],
+        }],
+        'version_info': {
             'version': VERSION,
             'description': DESCRIPTION,
             'comments': LONG_DESCRIPTION.split('\n')[0],
             'product_name': 'yt-dlp',
             'product_version': VERSION,
-            'icon_resources': [(1, 'devscripts/logo.ico')],
-        }],
+        },
         'options': {
-            'py2exe': {
             'bundle_files': 0,
             'compressed': 1,
             'optimize': 2,
@@ -63,9 +62,8 @@ def py2exe_params():
             'dll_excludes': ['w9xpopen.exe', 'crypt32.dll'],
             # Modules that are only imported dynamically must be added here
             'includes': ['yt_dlp.compat._legacy'],
-            }
         },
-        'zipfile': None
+        'zipfile': None,
     }
 
 
@@ -113,7 +111,21 @@ def run(self):
         subprocess.run([sys.executable, 'devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py'])
 
 
-params = py2exe_params() if sys.argv[1:2] == ['py2exe'] else build_params()
+def main():
+    if sys.argv[1:2] == ['py2exe']:
+        params = py2exe_params()
+        try:
+            from py2exe import freeze
+        except ImportError:
+            import py2exe  # noqa: F401
+            warnings.warn('You are using an outdated version of py2exe. Support for this version will be removed in the future')
+            params['console'][0].update(params.pop('version_info'))
+            params['options'] = {'py2exe': params.pop('options')}
+        else:
+            return freeze(**params)
+    else:
+        params = build_params()
+
     setup(
         name='yt-dlp',
         version=VERSION,
@@ -151,3 +163,6 @@ def run(self):
         cmdclass={'build_lazy_extractors': build_lazy_extractors},
         **params
     )
+
+
+main()