[Fedora-packaging] pyx files?

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On 07/09/2010 04:40 PM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 10:22:22AM -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
>> I'm updating one of my packages (pymssql) which has moved to using
>> Cython.  As such, it includes .pyx files.
>>
>> By default, the setup tools place these .pyx files in %{_usr}.  As we
>> typically wouldn't include the generated .c files, I'm not sure we need
>> to package .pyx files, though I do see a few packages out there which
>> contain some.
>>
>> Anyone have any thoughts?  Should my upstream configure their setup.py
>> to put these .pyx files elsewhere?  I'm not familiar enough with Cython
>> to have a feel for how this typicaly works.
>>
> * Note: I haven't touched cython and I last used Pyrex in Fedora 4 or so.
> 
> I think that .pyx files should not be included since they're first compiled
> to C and then compiled to object code.  They don't do any definite harm to
> be included but they don't serve any purpose.  If we found .c or .cpp files
> on the filesystem after make install we'd probably rm them for cleanliness
> and I think these belong in the same category.

Yeah, I'm inclined to agree.

~spot