[issue26852] add the '--enable-sourceless-distribution' option to configure

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[issue26852] add the '--enable-sourceless-distribution' option to configure

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[issue26852] add the '--enable-sourceless-distribution' option to configure

Xavier de Gaye added the comment: > About doko's note and your response: unless this patch does not install the > source (I haven't looked), the __pycache__ files *will* be rebuilt at > interpreter start, according to the text you quoted. Right, and since the source files are removed, the

[issue26852] add the '--enable-sourceless-distribution' option to configure

Xavier de Gaye added the comment: > and if the only reason is to reduce space by omitting the source, then it > should also not install the source so the name is wrong :) I miss your point, msg271515 said earlier "the patch removes all *.py files". The patch does a sourceless distribution: no