[Mageia-dev] Python Packaging Policy

[Antoine Pitrou]

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.