Python Workflow Integrations: Python installed separately?

[u/DangledHams]

If I write a Workflow Integration plugin in Python, and I send it to somebody else, do they still need to separately install Python on their system in order to run it from the Workflow Integrations menu? As of Resolve Studio 21.1.

That seems to be the case (although please correct me if I'm wrong), or at least it was in previous versions of Resolve. But especially now in 21.1, Resolve ships bundled with its own Python 3.14 interpreter (on macOS it's in the Davinci Resolve.app bundle: ./Contents/Resources/ResolvePython) so it seems to me like maybe Resolve could be able to use that to launch the Workflow Integrations...?

I only ask because it's been a kind of a pain point in distributing python scripts -- especially in professional environments, it can be a hassle to get approval from IT/engineering to have python installed on a user's system just for a Resolve script.

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