feat: add skip_pyc_compilation configuration option#5737
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…ython Add `skip_pyc_compilation` field to `Python` struct in recipe_stage0 and `PythonBackendConfig` in pixi_build_python, allowing users to set `skip-pyc-compilation = true` in `[package.build.config]` to skip .pyc bytecode compilation during package installation. https://claude.ai/code/session_01NHP4pN28RENjggL18o5SST
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rattler-build accepts a glob rather than a bool, could you quickly explain how this is plumbed through? For my use-case the bool is fine but maybe a glob would be more flexible?
rattler-build expects skip_pyc_compilation to be a list of glob patterns (ConditionalList<String> / GlobVec), not a boolean. Update the field type to Vec<String> in both the Python recipe struct and PythonBackendConfig. Usage in pixi.toml: [package.build.config] skip-pyc-compilation = ["**/*.py"] https://claude.ai/code/session_01NHP4pN28RENjggL18o5SST
…> type The Python binding was still using `false` (bool) instead of `vec![]` for the skip_pyc_compilation field after the type change. https://claude.ai/code/session_01NHP4pN28RENjggL18o5SST
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currently not working:
❯ tixi build
Error: × could not initialize the build-backend
├─▶ × failed to parse configuration
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╰─▶ × unknown field `skip_pyc_compilation`, expected one of `noarch`, `extra-args`, `env`, `debug-dir`, `debug_dir`, `extra-input-globs`, `compilers`, `ignore-
│ pyproject-manifest`, `ignore-pypi-mapping`, `abi3`
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I wasn't using the build backend from source. Pushed a commit to make that possible, and now it works 🎉 thanks!
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Description
This PR adds a new
skip_pyc_compilationconfiguration option to the Python backend that allows users to skip the compilation of.pyfiles to.pycbytecode files during package installation.This is useful to reduce compilation times e.g. for NumPy TSAN builds.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01NHP4pN28RENjggL18o5SST