Package: lintian Version: 2.116.1 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-python@lists.debian.org The *.pyc *.pyo files are Python bytecode and are almost always generated from Python source code. Since Python 3 these are usually stored in a __pycache__/ directory. Since these files are not source code, they should not be present in the Debian source packages, but there are hundreds of them in Debian: $ apt-file -I dsc search --regex '\.py[co]$' | wc -l 507 Please complain on *.pyc *.pyo being present in Debian source packages. Please also check that when they are present, that they have a *.py source file present. When it is in the same directory it will have the same name but .py extension. When the generated files are in a __pycache__/ directory then *.pyc file name will contain .cpython-NN but the *.py source file will not. Please also complain about other files in __pycache__/ directories. Since these dirs are caches and caches are often ignored by various tools, the other files could get lost from backups, VCS repos, etc. $ apt-file -I dsc search __pycache__/ | grep -vF .cpython- ack: /t/swamp/__pycache__/notes.pl asciidoc: /tests/__test_data__/plugin/backends/__pycache__/.gitkeep mypy-protobuf: /test/generated/testproto/__pycache__/__init__.py mypy-protobuf: /test/generated/testproto/dot/com/__pycache__/__init__.py -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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