On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:08:11 +0200, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 3:53:07 AM EDT Andreas Tille wrote: > > Hi Scott, > > > > Am Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 02:06:42PM +0000 schrieb Scott Kitterman: > > > > > those are all binary without source. That's a problem. > > > > Given your role as ftpmaster you definitely have more experience than I > > in this field. I personally was thinking more in the line of binary > > data we can not avoid in some cases. This is a bit in the line with > > Rdata decision[1] where those binary data files are documented in > > debian/README.source. > > > > My point is just: If we remove those data files (which are IMHO harmless > > since these are not executd but used as input in tests - please correct > > me if I'm wrong) we can not test the package. Removing the files > > prevents testing and thus we can not know whether the package we deliver > > will work. I've actually shown that not all tests are working but > > stopped investigating this further. > > Even if they are used as data (I didn't check), they are, in fact, binary > blobs of code by our definition and that requires the corresponding source.
They are zip files containing python source code. It is possible to include compiled C extensions in wheels, but I checked and these wheels are all pure python, so no binary blobs are included. Kind regards, Jeroen Dekkers
