Werk #16906: Bytecode compilation in post-install step rather than packaging

Component

Site management

Title

Bytecode compilation in post-install step rather than packaging

Date

Nov 3, 2025

Level

Trivial Change

Class

New Feature

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.5.0b1 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Pre-compilation for Python byte code had previously been done during package builds, resulting in bigger Checkmk installation packages and potentially missing precompiled files due to differences in packaging processes.

This change turns the different compileall call sites into one post-install step for both .deb and .rpm packages, handling the whole Checkmk package at once.

As a result the whole Checkmk installation process takes roughly 10sec longer.

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