snap: only ship .pyc files, strip shared objects
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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.
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To speed things up snapcraft ships .pyc files as part of its snap package, at the same times it also ships .py files. This is duplication and increases the size of the snap unneeded.
This PR also strips shared objects that are bundled with snapcraft.
The change reduces the download size of the snap by 15Mb
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | 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. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Rejected as controversial and misaligned with project goals. Maintainers declined removing .py source files to preserve debugging access, despite the 15MB size reduction from stripping shared objects and shipping only .pyc files. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Rejected as a controversial change that does not align with project goals. The pull request to reduce snap size by shipping only .pyc files and stripping shared objects was closed without merging. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1856242 Python plugin: ship pyc files only | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | 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 The current craft-parts python plugin v2 no longer bytecompiles, so the premise is outdated. |