On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 11:08:22AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: | | On 20-Feb-2002 dman wrote: | > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 07:57:52AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: | >| >> | >| >> What do you have against giving the user optimizations? | >| > | >| > Absolutely nothing, but I don't see why this needs to be done outside of | >| > the package management system. | >| | >| I fail to see why these files need to be known by dpkg? Many python modules | >| are forwards compatible, | > | > The bytecode files are version-specific even if the source code isn't. | | which was my point.
But you said they are "forward compatible". .pyc files from 1.5.2 won't work with 2.1 or 2.2. | To have multiple version support the object files must be made at | install time. Yeah. -D -- There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him : haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers. Proverbs 6:16-19