Python plugin: ship pyc files only
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Current evaluation
Feature request to make the Python plugin ship only .pyc files (removing .py) to reduce snap size. Open since 2019, unlabelled, zero comments, no maintainer activity. The current craft-parts python plugin v2 no longer bytecompiles, so the premise is outdated.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: The issue is 2454 days old with zero comments and no maintainer interaction. The current craft-parts python plugin v2 (craft_parts/plugins/python_v2/python_plugin.py) simply runs `pip install ${REQUIREMENTS} ${PACKAGES}` without any bytecompilation step, so the premise that the plugin bytecompiles .py files no longer holds. The original problem is no longer reproducible in the current codebase.
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
18.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
10
Issue body
Currently snapcraft bytecompiles .py files as part of the Python plugin, this is done to fasten startup time of snaps. Doing that increases the size of the snap, something that could be avoided.
The snap should only ship pyc file and remove .py files.
How to achieve that ?
1. pip install --no-compile
2. python3 -m compileall -b
3. find . -name '*.py' -type f -exec rm {} \;
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
18.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
10
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close stale | Feature request to make the Python plugin ship only .pyc files (removing .py) to reduce snap size. Open since 2019, unlabelled, zero comments, no maintainer activity. The current craft-parts python plugin v2 no longer bytecompiles, so the premise is outdated. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Request to modify the snapcraft Python plugin to ship only .pyc files instead of .py and .pyc to reduce snap size. Unlabelled, zero comments, and inactive for over 6 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | Feature request to optimize the Snapcraft Python plugin by shipping only compiled .pyc files instead of source .py files to reduce snap size. Unaddressed for over six years with no maintainer feedback. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Request to modify the snapcraft Python plugin to ship only compiled .pyc files instead of source .py files to reduce snap size. Unaddressed for over six years with no maintainer feedback. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request to optimize snapcraft's Python plugin by shipping only compiled .pyc files instead of source .py files to reduce snap size. Unaddressed for over 6 years. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2843 snap: only ship .pyc files, strip shared objects | snapcraft | closed | Rejected. The maintainer closed the request, noting that removing source .py files and stripping shared objects is controversial and conflicts with project goals, despite the 15MB size reduction. |