[Python-Dev] Why are generated files in the repository?

[R. David Murray]

On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 14:00:57 +1000, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's far more developer friendly to aim to have builds from a source
> check-out "just work" if we can. That's pretty much where we are today
> (getting external dependencies for the optional parts on *nix can still be
> a bit fiddly - it may be worth maintaining instructions for at least apt
> and yum in the developer guide that cover that)

https://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#build-dependencies