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/