2013/8/2 Yann Rouillard <y...@pleiades.fr.eu.org>: > Can you remind me why pyc compilation on post-install has be ruled out ?
Additional complexity during package installation. It's generally better to put the complexity on the package build side and keep the installation as simple as possible. > As I see it, there a not a ton of possibilies, either: > > 1. we rebuild pyc on postinstall of module packages and interpreter > package, to be sure that a pyc always exists whatever the module and the > interpreter, > > 2. we ship the pyc in the CSWpy3- packages and we rebuild every python > package when we deliver a new version of the python interpreter so that it > includes > > 3. we only care about one specific version of python which we consider our > default. Every CSWpy3- package must provide a pyc for this interpreter. When > we release a new python interpreter, every package can begin to include the > pyc when they are rebuilt. We consider ok that a module package doesn't ship > a pyc package for a non default interpreter. > The day we change the default python interpreter, we have to make sure > every package ships a pyc for the new default version. > > 4. we use CSWpy33-, CSWpy34- prefixed packages that ship the pyc files and > we have to build the new set of CSWpy3X- packages each time there is a new > release of the python interpreter. > > > I think: > - 3. should be avoided if possible (why ship module with slower load > time if we can do otherwise), > - 2 is maybe not so difficult thanks to the gar build system (but > beware of package that don't build anymore because the build environment > changed), > - 4 maybe also not be so difficult thanks to gar but it doesn't meet > the consensus of having CSWpy3- prefixed package, > - 1. seems feasible without so much hassle. > > So 1. seems the easiest way, so why don't we go with it ? Is there some > drawbacks I missed ? Option 1 is easy on some levels and not too easy on other levels. If we want to support *.pyc files for all 3.x interpreters, we'll need to implement necessary logic. For example, if you install a new interpreter version, the postinstall script will need to byte-compile all the installed CSWpy3- packages. Maciej _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list maintainers@lists.opencsw.org https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.