Mainly for storage size, especially for embedded devices. Installation time is 
small factor. Normally we just want one type of .pyc files. Getting all types 
installed at default looks burden to distributors. In some cases we even don't 
want any .pyc files at all. For example, if we copy the installed .py and .pyc 
file from one file system to another one (say from NTFS to FAT), probably the 
mtime of .py file could be changed due to the resolution limit of FAT file 
system. 

Thanks,
Peixing

-----Original Message-----
From: Antoine Pitrou <[email protected]> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 5:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Python-Dev] Re: Necessary or not for enhancement of issue44097: “add 
configure option to control the groups of .pyc files to install”

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Hi Peixing,

On Wed, 12 May 2021 09:27:46 +0000
"Xin, Peixing" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I created issue44097 for build enhancement: “add configure option to control 
> the groups of .pyc files to install” and PR 23920 for the solution. From the 
> only a few of comments I’ve got, someone thinks this enhancement makes sense. 
> However, someone expressed opposition to this. So what is your opinion on 
> this PR? Necessary or not? I want to hear more views on this. Thanks.

If it's only a matter of storage size, you can easily delete the unwanted 
files.  Is there another concern?

Regards

Antoine.


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