On OpenWrt, the Python & Python3 are shipped with bytecodes [also, bytecode compiling is disabled by default].2 reasons for that: 1) that would fill up flash/RAM 2) bytecodes can be up to 10x faster than Python source codeI got a report of an issue with virtualenv on Python3, that had a weird path: the `virtualenv /test` would generate `/test/lib/virtualenv/__init__.py/__init__.pyc`The fix is here in the patch file:https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/4475/commits/576c45eb0a5314121aeb2f8d8931644b65e5be99

Three things.One, the imp module is deprecated, so please don't use it.Two, all undocumented functions in the imp module are considered unsupported, so double-please don't use imp.load_package(). :)Three, we can't look at that patch without the person supplying it signing Python's CLA as we risk running afoul of things legally.

Damn.You guys are more corporate than... <scratching on forehead>... anyway.Please tell me, how to send you my signed CLA.Not sure if posting the link or PDF is fine here, but I'd be fine with that too.To resolve your first 2 notes: I am not using the imp module, nor the imp.load_package() function.I did see it was marked DEPRECATED.But, virtualenv uses it in it's latest release [15.1.0].This is from trunk:https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/blob/master/virtualenv_embedded/distutils-init.py#L17But that's not the actual code that's used.Seems virtualenv, has a twisted way of keeping Python code base64 encoded & zipped within the virtualenv.py script.https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/blob/master/virtualenv.py#L2117So, maybe we can tell them not to use it, but let's see.In my case, I just have a bug report [I was notified via email directly], that this is an issue with Python3 + virtualenv on LEDE & OpenWrt.Python + virtualenv is not affected.While I'm here, maybe I could use this opportunity to start sending a few more patches from the OpenWrt/LEDE package build.But let's see how we resolve the legal matter first.

Alexandru: You'll find the PSF Contributor Agreement athttps://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/ .

I already completed those steps.Question is: what do I do with the output from that eSign ?Or, how do I use it ?It only mentions "Finally, click the "eSign" button to have the form sent to the PSF Secretary, Ewa Jodlowska."It's unclear from there-on if my patch is acceptable, or whether I can submit it [or anything], wait for a reply ; basically, how to continue once the form is signed.

Yes, that's all you needed to do.  She updated your status in the tracker (you now have the CLA signed '*' next  to your name).

Yes, we're as corporate as an open source project that doesn't have enough funding to be able to defend against a lawsuit but is big enough that simply shutting down would really suck for millions of people. ;) Anyway, your CLA signing came through so now we just need a pull request on GitHub or a patch.As for virtualenv still using a deprecated, hidden API, that's bad on them and should probably be reported to them directly.

FWIW, I took a look over the virtualenv repo.There's an issue raised therehttps://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/955And a PR to address ithttps://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/947Though, it seems like they still want to keep `imp.load_package()` for a while, in order to keep compatibility with Python 2.6.

Admittedly, that PR refers to `imp.load_module()`But, `imp.load_modules()` also calls `imp.load_package()`

New changesetc38e32a10061a7c6d54e7e53ffabf7af7998f045 by Brett Cannon (Alexandru Ardelean) in branch 'master':bpo-30645: don't append to an inner loop path in imp.load_package() (GH-2268)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c38e32a10061a7c6d54e7e53ffabf7af7998f045

New changeset9db3ae045dd462a2da2e016c44231de1befd1f87 by Brett Cannon in branch '3.6':[3.6]bpo-30645: don't append to an inner loop path in imp.load_package() (GH-2268) (#2364)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9db3ae045dd462a2da2e016c44231de1befd1f87

New changeset599ff020b308113f3709fd4e623d9f0d08511706 by Brett Cannon in branch '3.5':[3.5]bpo-30645: don't append to an inner loop path in imp.load_package() (GH-2268) (GH-2365)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/599ff020b308113f3709fd4e623d9f0d08511706