Hi,
There was a thread in this list about packaging python pyc and pyo files: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-February/msg00115.html As I see there was no consensus if pyc files should be included or %ghost-ed. The spec template of fedora-rpmdevtools mentions only that *.pyo should be marked as %ghost. I am submitting a python application to Fedora Extras which contains the pyc files by default. It is not clear if I should %ghost the pyc files or not (my srpm was set as NEEDSWORK in fedora.us). As I know having the pyc files might make the application to load a bit faster. Since the program is executed normally by normal users, the pyc files cannot be created automatically by python in /usr/share/app where the files are installed. Please help me to clarify what to do.
Zoltan
.pyc files should be included so that rpm -V is actually able to verify the integrity of those files. I have no strong opinion about .pyo being included or %ghost'ed. I personally have included them in packages that I have fixed.
See up2date and mailman for examples of how to build the .pyc and .pyo files during package build.
Warren Togami wtogami@xxxxxxxxxx
