kubernetes-client/python

Growing library size

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#2,677 opened on Aug 11, 2026

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According to dive, this library is now 79 MB in my Docker image:

This seems excessive for a Python library, and if multiplied by the number of users, it's arguably a serious waste of resources. Based on just the sizes, client and aio/client are mostly duplicates. Under that both api and models are huge, their __pycache__ are similarly huge. Inside models, functions like _get_openapi_to_dict, _to_legacy_item, _to_legacy_value, _to_openapi_value are basically the same, along with some member methods. Could you please do something to reduce this duplication, and the library size along with it?

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Investigate the duplication in the models module, particularly functions get openapi to dict, to legacy item, to legacy value, and to openapi value. Identify shared patterns and consolidate them into common utilities. Also compare client and aio/client for code duplication and consider extracting shared logic.
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python
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