I think (2) is very important, and I agree Gregory about the distro responsibility for size.
further more, if everything is define using the standard Modules/Setup, or Modules/Setup.local during compile/build time, why having a fallback anyhow in hashlib.py ?
BTW anyone that compiles for embedded systems adds a patch for remove all the code that detects modules automatically
see this from openembeded.org:
http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded/tree/recipes/python/python-2.6.6/nohostlibs.patch?id=9389f986ac8672cb671f00ab749ce323340b9500 |