[anatoly techtonik, 2009-07-28] > Debian Python page in wiki sounds like Python code should be compiled > in bytecode to be executed and because there can be several Python > versions we need to bytecompile packages for each of them. > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython?action=recall&rev=11 > Why Python packages are required to be bytecompiled before redistribution?
why revision 11? anyway, we byte compile Python modules at *install time*, not at build time. Python extensions are compiled at build time. > Why can't they be distributed in pure python form and bytecompiled on arrival? that's what we do right now -- -=[ Piotr Ożarowski ]=- -=[ http://www.ozarowski.pl ]=-
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