On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 12:39 PM Scott Dial <scott+python-...@scottdial.com> wrote:
> On 2015-03-06 11:34 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: > > This PEP proposes eliminating the concept of PYO files from Python. > > To continue the support of the separation of bytecode files based on > > their optimization level, this PEP proposes extending the PYC file > > name to include the optimization level in bytecode repository > > directory (i.e., the ``__pycache__`` directory). > > As a packager, this PEP is a bit silent on it's expectations about what > will happen with (for instance) Debian and Fedora packages for Python. > My familiarity is with Fedora, and on that platform, we ship .pyc and > .pyo files (using -O for the .pyo). Is it your expectation that such > platforms will still distribute -O only? Or also -OO? In my world, all > of the __pycache__ directories are owned by root. > I assume they will generate all .pyc files at all levels, but I don't if it's my place to dictate such a thing since bytecode files are an optimization to Python itself and do not influence how people interact with the interpreter like with PEP 394 (The "python" Command on Unix-Like Systems).
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