New submission from Jakub Stasiak <jakub+python....@stasiak.at>:
It'd be nice of __pycache__ directories didn't pollute backups. Granted, one can add __pycache__ directory to their backup-tool-of-choice exclusion list, but those lists are ever growing and maybe it'd be good to help the tools and the users. There's a Cache Directory Tagging Specification[1] which some backup tools like Borg, restic, GNU Tar and attic use out of the box (well, with a switch) and other tools (like rsync, Bacula, rdiff-backup and I imagine others) can be made to use it with a generic exclude-directories-with-this-file-present option (partially, just the existence of the tag file is used, not its content). I wasn't sure what to select in Components, so I went with Library. [1] https://bford.info/cachedir/ ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 372109 nosy: jstasiak priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Exclude __pycache__ directories from backups using CACHEDIR.TAG type: enhancement versions: Python 3.10 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue41081> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
