[Python-Dev] Tracker archeology

[Terry Reedy]

Jim Baker wrote:
> +1 on the cleanup: reading the bug description of 
> http://bugs.python.org/issue1533164, this will also help Jython. Now I 
> know why we see scenarios of package with setup.cfg with optimize=1:
> 
> Indeed, this is a well-known issue. Many packages put an "optimize=1" in
> their setup.cfg in order to solve it.
> 
> Unfortunately that breaks the setup process on Jython, since we don't 
> support -O. And unfortunately it's not as easy to ignore the flag 
> either, this can then break in other ways.
> 
> -  Jim

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