Hi Robert! On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 09:21:28PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > hi folks, > > we are currently thinking about how to package perl 6 modules, some > background and information at https://wiki.debian.org/Perl6PreCompProposal > > Perl 6 does pre-compile modules on loading, a bit like the .pyc files. > So I would be very glad if you could have a quick look at the wiki page > above, perhaps you experience could help us. I am also specifically > interested in your decision to create the .pyc files at package > installation time, rather than at package build time. What was the > reason for that? Do you still think it was the right decision? In the > case of perl 6 the precompiled files depend on a fairly specific version > of the runtime, so we would need to re-build them quite often...
I think the main reasons for generating .pyc files at install time were: - Ability to ship “Architecture: all” packages, which reduces load on build daemons, mirrors, etc. - Ability to regenerate all .pyc files for new Python version on users’ side (it does not take a long time), without need to do binNMUs or re-uploads. And I think it was the right decision, as these reasons still apply. -- Dmitry Shachnev
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