Fedora 30 Self-Contained Change proposal: No more automagic Python bytecompilation (phase 2)
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/No_more_automagic_Python_bytecompi...
== Summary ==
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/No_more_automagic_Python_bytecompi...
Now we are changing the default to be <code>%global
_python_bytecompile_extra 0</code>.
== Owner ==
* Name: Miro Hrončok (Churchyard)
* Name: Petr Viktorin (pviktori)
* Email: mhroncok(a)redhat.com, pviktori(a)redhat.com
== Detailed Description ==
See thed etailed Description of the previous Change Proposal:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/No_more_automagic_Python_bytecompi...
We will now set <code>%_python_bytecompile_extra</code> to
<code>0</code> by default.
All packages that ship Python 3 bytecode outside of Python 3
directories should be preferably converted to use
<code>%py_byte_compile</code>, but if they are not, it's fine.
We'll check all pyc/pyo files shipped by packages. We'll check if
those are explicitly compiled using <code>%py_byte_compile</code>. If
not, we mass push `%global _python_bytecompile_extra 1` to the package
specs to make them work. It's up the package maintainers to adjust the
package to the new style (or keep the line forever).
== Benefit to Fedora ==
See
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/No_more_automagic_Python_bytecompi...
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners: Change the default, slightly change the guidelines,
get the list of packages, push the change into them.
* Other developers: Maintainers of python3 packages are encouraged to
change their packages to use explicit <code>%py_byte_compile</code>
(not a System Wide Change, they don't have to do anything).
* Policies and guidelines: will be changed as described in description
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
None expected.
== How To Test ==
N/A
== User Experience ==
The users of this change are packagers. The new behavior should make
byte-compilation more obvious, explicit, and discoverable.
Users of Fedora should not feel this (except if this change uncovers a
packaging bug).
== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: we'll finish the change later (not a System
Wide Change)
== Documentation ==
The guidelines will be the documentation.
== Release Notes ==
This change does not deserve Release Notes, it is not user facing.
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Ben Cotton
Fedora Program Manager
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