bugsetup.py

import sys

from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable

build_exe_options = {
    "packages": ["PySide", "requests"],
    "optimize": 2,
    }

setup(name="bugtest app",
      version="0.1",
      description="just a simple test",
      executables=[
          Executable("bugtest.py", base=None),
          ],
      options={"build_exe": build_exe_options})

bugtest.py

import sys
import requests
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui


class TestThread(QtCore.QThread):
    progress = QtCore.Signal(str)

    def run(self):
        self.progress.emit('before request')

        print('doing stuff...')
        print(requests.get('https://google.com'))
        print('done')

        self.progress.emit('after request, done')

class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, parent=None, app=None):
        super(MainWindow, self).__init__(parent)
        self.btn = QtGui.QPushButton(self)
        self.btn.setText('press me...')
        self.btn.clicked.connect(self.on_btn_clicked)
        self.setCentralWidget(self.btn)

        self.th = TestThread(self)
        self.th.progress.connect(self.on_thread_progress)

    def on_btn_clicked(self):
        self.th.start()

    def on_thread_progress(self, text):
        self.btn.setText("progress: %s" % text)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    window = MainWindow()
    window.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())