python: dropping the .py files [was Re: Fedora 23 cloud image (and, for that matter, minimal anything)] bloat

Orion Poplawski orion at cora.nwra.com
Fri Sep 25 15:01:56 UTC 2015


On 09/25/2015 08:36 AM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:09:50AM -0400, Paul Wouters wrote:
>> It's nice to be able to edit the .py for testing without going through
>> hoops or building/installing rpms.
>
> Right, but you know that if you're doing that in /usr/lib, that's
> *gross*, right? :)

To heck with gross, it's incredibly efficient.  I've done it numerous 
times to track down problems.  But that said, I'd be happy to install 
-pysource sub-package in order to do it.

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