Allan McRae wrote:
Hi all,
A few recent bugs have highlighted issues with how we deal with
compiled versions (.pyo/.pyc) of python (.py) files. We should
probably make a policy on how these should be handled during packaging.
Given I am the python maintainer, I suppose I should be doing this,
but I am wanting to do some more makepkg/pacman stuff so it would be
good if someone else wants to take the lead on this.
Here is a couple of policies from other distros
Debian: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/
Fedora: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Python
If someone (not necessarily a dev) wants to help out with this, then
it would be much appreciated.
And given I have already been asked twice what the best way to start
this is, here goes a wiki page to collect ideas on this:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Allan/Python_Packaging_Policy
Allan
