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Re: Python module packages that don't bytecompile on installation?

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From	Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: Python module packages that don't bytecompile on installation?
Date	Sun, 03 Nov 2019 10:30:01 +0100
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On 03.11.19 02:20, Paul Wise wrote:
> 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.

yes, that's another reason. Not having to touch binary indep packages during a 
transition.

>> 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.

yes, but that's something when 3.7 is removed.

Matthias

Thread

Python module packages that don't bytecompile on installation? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2019-11-02 04:30 +0100
  Re: Python module packages that don't bytecompile on installation? Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2019-11-02 11:10 +0100
    Re: Python module packages that don't bytecompile on installation? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2019-11-03 02:30 +0100
      Re: Python module packages that don't bytecompile on installation? Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2019-11-03 10:30 +0100
      Re: Python module packages that don't bytecompile on installation? Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2019-11-04 09:10 +0100

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