--- /dev/null
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
+
+# When compiling for an embedded system, we need every bit of
+# performance we can get. default to optimized with the option
+# of opt-out.
+# Signed-Off: Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@vanille-media.de>
+
+Index: Python-2.6.1/Python/compile.c
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.6.1.orig/Python/compile.c
++++ Python-2.6.1/Python/compile.c
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ #include "symtable.h"
+ #include "opcode.h"
+
+-int Py_OptimizeFlag = 0;
++int Py_OptimizeFlag = 1;
+
+ #define DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE 16
+ #define DEFAULT_BLOCKS 8