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
