Highly recommend "export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1" in your bashrc and just forget about it. Pyc files are still an important optimization on modern machines in some circumstances (especially with huge oft-restarted apps), but the autogeneration behaviour has always been a pain in the ass
The bulk of your pycs are generated during package install. What tends to remain in the usual case is a handful of files representing app code or similar.
The bulk of your pycs are generated during package install. What tends to remain in the usual case is a handful of files representing app code or similar.