Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Paul Wise Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Python module packages that don't bytecompile on installation? Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 02:30:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Sun Nov 3 01:21:13 2019 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.75 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5.5 X-Google-Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=sYCNChcS7UBW46wvWAjv7sbbpg9uJlhiOTjAL5c+Cao=; b=nUOjIKfyvY5PYCedeZM9+pE1NVgz4hd1vUWMhtV+l/JvV24cGlu8lmtPF/OJrvkFhv 3olr6/Jklk8PvnJOBWz4uI4TGrL6OfV+KuygYyZERPbBreXJK6DZE/c9wg5kPVWlVGWH O3lXGL/C0I4PSkFAFBWGOcQ9crdi0OyzQo4uz0H3/+I3KaOmeZgi7obmJjQKMKaNrML0 8WRbziY5XnTz9k839wydamH2PqNDXWE/Tcw+pikUUMalX5u9MawbQxNcWhbOwZNjh+ba 3+X0Kl5XiRauQ2GrGUIQj+OPaOMcQbvPmDL16mB0WUNW5LfIwwyLY2UA05fSy01kYJZb pxgw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWc7eE7HlCKrBLMFbClhRrH1oJw1uf3mqXSV5Zoxdbe15hkNMkk ugpifjRL1NakMVSbcR2ZbbD3zChHiWHZW1uVjGeLEcTm X-Google-SMTP-Source: APXvYqxWk2wmB87Lge/t8Gq78kY0hF+xIE3K/94aodf0PpCSIShOSvn73drkoCz4TFKPbMilCjUqZ8jPACPI4z94Okc= X-Received: by 2002:adf:a48c:: with SMTP id g12mr16262130wrb.212.1572744058687; Sat, 02 Nov 2019 18:20:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/17540 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAKTje6FALGctqpn6+M2FNE8NnRt+qLO_CFKAt8-UBVcf0p64gw@mail.gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 32 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 09:20:47 +0800 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <4b0d37a23b7e605d68d079b56c7d45a64f188a20.camel@debian.org> <6175e6d8-7bb0-fec9-58b1-ca2ac22b1b12@debian.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:11975 On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 6:04 PM Matthias Klose wrote: > At this point I'd ignore any Python2 related package, and concentrate on Python3 > stuff only. Yes, I was referring only to python3-* module packages. > Byte compilation is an optimization, speeding up a program start if > byte-compiled files are ready. Packages are smaller without bc, take a bit > longer to install. I think nobody is asking the question if .py files should be > dropped in favor of .pyc files. As I understand it, the .pyc files are interpreter version specific and doing a transition for each major Python update was deemed to be too much work, so instead we offload building the .pyc files onto user's systems. > I'd say, there are currently more pressing issues than that, like the Python2 > removal, or the introduction of Python 3.8. 3.8 also offers a central directory > for bc files, so that's maybe another thing to look at, but not a priority now > from my point of view. Agreed re Python 2 etc. Eventually switching to using a central directory in /var would be nice, right now the .pyc files are dumped cruftily into /usr subdirs. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise https://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/