On Tuesday, November 5, 2019 12:09:55 PM MST Martin Kolman wrote: > On Tue, 2019-11-05 at 19:41 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > > > Python 3 traditionally in Fedora was built with a shared library > > > libpython3.?.so and the final binary was dynamically linked against > > > that shared library. This change is about creating the static library > > > and linking the final python3 binary against it, > > > > > > I oppose this change, because this is yet another size increase: > > Up to ~27% speed increase for extra ~3.4 MB storage used seems like a good > trade-off to me... > > > > > > > > As a negative side effect, when both libpython3.8.so and > > > /usr/bin/python3.8 are installed, the filesystem footprint will be > > > slightly increased (libpython3.8.so on Python 3.8.0, x86_64 is ~3.4M). > > > > > > and while: > > > > > > > OTOH only a very small amount of packages will depend on > > > libpython3.8.so. > > > > > > in practice, that does not help because some of those packages are > > installed by default, e.g., the ones you mentioned being installed by > > default even on the Docker image: > > > > > > > *'''libcomps''' > > > *'''libdnf''' > > > *'''vim''' > > > > > > but there are more, such as gdb, libreoffice, krita, boost, etc. that are > > > > installed on various live images, and calamares, which is popular on > > remixes. So all those images will be bloated as a result of your code > > duplicating change. > > > > > > In addition: > > > > > > > By applying this change, libpython's namespace will be separated from > > > Python's, so '''C extension which are still linked to libpython''' > > > might experience side effects or break. > > > > > > so compatibility is an issue too. > > > > > > Kevin Kofler > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List > > Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List > > Archives: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o > > rg > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List > Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List > Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anyone that has ever worked with CD images understands that every megabyte counts. -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
