On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 02:55:16PM -0700, Brad Nicholes wrote:
> "Bernard Li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 11/9/07, Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Python 
> > 
> > If it's okay with you, I will follow the instructions in the wiki docs
> > to add the .pyc files to the RPM.

and the .pyo

> I'm still a little concerned about doing that because I'm not sure that it 
> solves any real problem.

will solve the problem getting a selinux or any other MAC to reject the
creation of the .pyc or .pyo files because there are missing from gmond's
expected privileges.

> I would rather just clean up the python directory completely rather than 
> deliver .pyc files.  In a standard case, the .py files from one package might 
> be put down in the same location as another package's .py files.  In this 
> case if the first package has to uninstall, it would obviously have to know 
> which .pyc files it owns.  In our case, we own the directory where the .py 
> and .pyc files are located.  I think it would be easier and safer to just 
> remove the directory.

if you don't want to package them (and go against fedora's packaging policy on
that) then we should then create them at installation time through %post and
remove them at uninstallation time through %preun just like the debian package
is going to do if the packager follows their packaging guidelines :

http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-bytecompilation

> But do whatever you believe is best.

as I mentioned before there is no best, and it is a packager decision to go
with either of the conflicting alternatives; as far as they are implemented
correctly.

Carlo

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