Disable bytecode in manage.py by default to avoid project clutter.

[anonymous]

Python's default setting is to have bytecode enabled (for very good reason) however this results in Django projects being littered with .pyc files if this is not turned off. The performance improvements from allowing bytecode in development are minimal and IMO the disadvantages (clutter, confusion for new users, having to set these as ignored in git/svn/etc), whilst minor, outweigh the advantages - especially as it's such an easy issue to fix.

It is a simple, one-line fix to django/conf/project_template/manage.py and will not affect production deployments of Django applications.

[Claude Paroz]

This can be turned on or off with -B parameter or PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE environment variable. I don't feel like hard-coding this like you are proposing, sorry.

[anonymous]

Hi Claudep,

Fair enough. I will say one more thing on the matter though - whilst this can be done, it's another thing to do, and people new to the framework/language won't necessarily do it as they may be unaware. IMO it can hinder productivity.

Still, your choice. I'll continue to add it myself :-)

Cheers.

[Aymeric Augustin]

FWIW I agree with Claude -- if Django's defaults diverged from Python's, most people would consider that a bug.