Hi,
This batch includes some minor refactoring, plus two major experimental
features (to be enabled via `make.conf` by people ready to test them):
1. DISTUTILS_ALLOW_PYC_SYMLINKS to symlink matching .pyc files across
optimization levels, e.g.:
__init__.opt-2.pyc -> __init__.opt-1.pyc
__init__.opt-1.pyc -> __init__.pyc
2. DISTUTILS_ALLOW_CROSS_IMPL_SYMLINKS to symlink matching files across
different Python implementations and save lots of space, e.g.:
python3.11/site-packages/frobnicate.py
python3.12/site-packages/frobnicate.py ->
../../python3.11/site-packages/frobnicate.py
python3.13/site-packages/frobnicate.py ->
../../python3.11/site-packages/frobnicate.py
This can specifically help with large .py files, lots of data
installed in package directory and stable ABI extensions.
Both features are opt-in, and at this point considered experimental
and dangerous. We may consider making the first one opt-out
in the future, but I want to test both extensively first.
Note that we may independently of this start moving package data
out of site-packages and into /usr/share for some large packages.
Michał Górny (4):
python-utils-r1.eclass: Simplify _python_impl_matches
distutils-r1.eclass: Quote DISTUTILS_ALLOW_WHEEL_REUSE
distutils-r1.eclass: Support .pyc symlinking
distutils-r1.eclass: Support cross-impl symlinks
eclass/distutils-r1.eclass | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass | 4 +-
2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
