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Message 271562 - Python tracker

> and if the only reason is to reduce space by omitting the source, then it should also not install the source so the name is wrong :)

I miss your point, msg271515  said earlier "the patch removes all *.py files".
The patch does a sourceless distribution: no source and no __pycache__ files (with the exception mentionned in msg271515).
Changing the issue title with '--enable-sourceless-distribution' which is a better name and would have maybe avoided this confusion :)