[Mageia-dev] Python Packaging Policy

Tue Jan 18 20:51:26 CET 2011

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:21:56 +0100
+Michael scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+>  
+> There is also the issue on bytecompilation ( https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=50484 ).
+> I have exposed there the various problem, and apart from explaining
+> that the solution I chosed was not better than the other, no one gave a compeling
+> argument into one or the others alternatives.
+
+That depends how "compelling" you expect the argument to be :)
+The current situation is clearly not satisfactory.
+The solution of generating bytecode at install time looks fine. I am
+not an RPM specialist though, but if you have non-RPM specific questions
+feel free to ask them, I'd be glad to answer.
+
+> Finally, a vast part of the policy is handling 2to3, a topic that we didn't discuss 
+> at all, and I would not be confortable to adopt it without first looking at it and
+> discussing it.
+
+What is the issue with "handling 2to3"? It's a developer tool and
+certainly shouldn't be invoked at install time if that's what you are
+asking. Generally, I don't think you (as a packager) have to invoke
+2to3 manually at all. If 2to3 is part of the packaged software's build
+process, then their setup.py will probably invoke it automatically with
+the right options.
+
+Regards
+
+Antoine.
+
+
+