Alexandre Fayolle writes: > Hello, > > I have two small questions regarding byte-compiling python modules in the > maintainer scripts of python library packages. > > 1. If a package installs modules under /usr/lib/site-python, should the > postins script produce .pyc files ? .pyo files ?
yes. > 2. If the answer to 1. is 'yes', the current common practise is to use > the compileall.py script which lives in /usr/lib/python2.X, which means > that the packages have to be changed if the default python version > changes. I think things would be nicer and cleaner if this script was > provided in the python package (maybe as a symbolic link, or an > executable such as /usr/bin/python-compileall) so that the packages can > avoid depending on a versioned python version when they are version > independent. the next python package will have such a script, and will recompile these files on a python upgrade as well. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]