From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Received: from dan.rpsys.net (5751f4a1.skybroadband.com [87.81.244.161])
	by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49A0A65C66
	for <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>;
	Wed,  7 Jan 2015 08:07:26 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-4.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id
	t07860OW015465; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 08:06:48 GMT
Received: from dan.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1])
	by localhost (dan.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
	with LMTP id 7funSQN1KPeQ; Wed,  7 Jan 2015 08:06:48 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from [192.168.3.10] ([192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0)
	by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-4.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id
	t0786awV015492
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NOT);
	Wed, 7 Jan 2015 08:06:47 GMT
Message-ID: <1420618033.25779.56.camel@linuxfoundation.org>
From: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:07:13 +0000
In-Reply-To: <1420592855-20473-1-git-send-email-liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
References: <1420592855-20473-1-git-send-email-liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.7-0ubuntu1 
Mime-Version: 1.0
Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] package.bbclass: omit .pyc and .pyo file
X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12
Precedence: list
List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer
	<openembedded-core.lists.openembedded.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/options/openembedded-core>,
	<mailto:openembedded-core-request@lists.openembedded.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/>
List-Post: <mailto:openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>
List-Help: <mailto:openembedded-core-request@lists.openembedded.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core>,
	<mailto:openembedded-core-request@lists.openembedded.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:07:29 -0000
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

On Tue, 2015-01-06 at 17:07 -0800, Robert Yang wrote:
> We should not ship .pyc or .pyo file, but there are a few packages
> ship .pyc, should we:

Why should we not ship them? Doesn't python create these at runtime if
they're not present? What happens on a read only filesystem?

I'm sure we've had issues raised by someone with a read only filesystem
before FWIW.

I agree there is probably an issue here but deleting them may not be the
best option. I'm open to ideas though.

Cheers,

Richard