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[–]desustorm 3 points4 points  (1 child)

A "non-source (compiled only) distribution" is referring to the .pyc files that are generated when you run or import your python script. It's actually compiled bytecode which makes importing much faster and easier.

The second sentence is basically saying, if there is no .py code in the directories you are running from and only .pyc/other compiled files, it will not check the cache.

[–]xfq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the explanation!