[Python-Dev] addressing distutils inability to track file dependencies

[Guido van Rossum]

>     Guido> Let's not tie ourselves to SCons before it's a lot more mature.
> 
> I wasn't proposing that, at least not for the short-term.  I was suggesting
> that distutils be left as is, and a SConstruct file be delivered in
> .../Modules, to be used manually by developers to update module .so files.

I don't object to that, but it wouldn't do me any good.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)