Received: from mail-lj1-f170.google.com (mail-lj1-f170.google.com [209.85.208.170]) by nld3-dev1.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1298780ECB for <~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org>; Sun, 15 Nov 2020 17:24:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lj1-f170.google.com with SMTP id x9so17134614ljc.7 for <~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org>; Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:24:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=iyk6RXKq2fpJ7XjP+DAHdIV7H95sfKL6vE4DcBsKzlU=; b=R0GzR5zrkYaYxuGEjTbFhPK9djHx335g4M6VqnoSHVzYnXlUr+w5+s4XEtmFag5oZE Cl1o3D7XgzekAHRgGlj9FhHhIeTuqUghNcpYV/mcoo/pSQsKI8doiwDyJoPZKHAV0KRp 13plJh2tBsT02IZ+HHvXzsn4nsC5YV72iN9G0mCH7uOMvTd+UCnv0dvcEddoElxjNS9+ xU0iVAIIt3gNIPPh8kgTboofkoPSI+XSc/BzIYveuWzmQtpKy3fSkmYLJiZLpHRBJMMA lUwTI1olTtBpgYzxRVgCeXoXTUyKvQbu3MYWaM+axf9q4gvhbdVZXeLOjgMNDKSKGLUd WJSQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=iyk6RXKq2fpJ7XjP+DAHdIV7H95sfKL6vE4DcBsKzlU=; b=unYb9eS+Tfsp3Cdt/Qm3gNx3+0QSjHiJoNsH57LZ4hdbb2rsA7xj7hBEBpgErngP25 0EgoGGEX+J/nbY7MhcQd5BRPo/KIqf9D3LQ9xoDSTwuZzFuUI1bENWnz3wFtdQMKyRj6 sZklbak16bUUNKvqI+fGVfnmLXn8b5UD9yKLiSVBJKeB2V0KYSUL351xI7Hu9uYgv9z1 0vmf2eriED/iiMA8PfJslkiNONaexdBCpaOcKZJjNQZAU0TCFRRI2nCgTjwyJ4tREzht A/w3b6IL6+p30tAjfyrh2gucp/vSqROztB3mGlBR7NDSsib1PC4Be9r96O+vn3aUCXXM /spw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533jHAQPGzbzfthxXePrxLEJyV+x4Onxvqln3olsWGTkxcO+BDi4 TtSQWy/VeVHS0EBWLjPxAnq4k8uMHGi9WADLhbnFdYoyYK8V7w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzXdy4LutaTC4I3tWrGUULQxugFQxAdbeYPBNouHpZXEGrVUF2K/NbSAdo9C88/D1n3OrE9UQdTU4GLvwEvNVg= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:6c11:: with SMTP id h17mr4944452ljc.25.1605461096177; Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:24:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Banibrata Dutta Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:54:44 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: PyPy and in general python (reported) bloat issue To: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000056a3c405b4288a89" --00000000000056a3c405b4288a89 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, AFAIK Alpine doesn't support PyPy or PyPy3 JIT compiler for Python. Is this true or did I somehow miss it's package in the repositories ? Also, came across this article: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/alpine-docker-python/ which states -- But if you=E2=80=99re using Python, Alpine Linux will quite often: 1. Make your builds much slower. 2. Make your images bigger. 3. Waste your time. 4. On occassion, introduce obscure runtime bugs. Is there any plan or intent to change the above status-quo if true ? cheers, B --00000000000056a3c405b4288a89 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,

AFAIK Alpine doesn't= support PyPy or PyPy3 JIT compiler for Python. Is this true or did I someh= ow miss it's package in the repositories ?

Also, came across this article:https://pythonspeed.com/articles/alpine-docker-pyth= on/=C2=A0 which states --

But if you=E2=80=99re using Python, Alpine Linux will quite often:

  1. Make your builds much slower.
  2. Make your images bigger.
  3. =
  4. Waste your time.
  5. On occassion, introduce obscure runtime bugs.<= /li>
Is there any plan or intent to change the above status-quo if tr= ue ?

cheers,
B

--00000000000056a3c405b4288a89--