[Python-Dev] addressing distutils inability to track file dependencies
Skip Montanaro
skip@pobox.com
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:02:01 -0500
Guido> All we need is for someone to add all the other dependencies to
Guido> setup.py.
May I humbly propose that this task should be automated? Tools like
makedepend have been invented and reinvented many times over precisely
because it's too error-prone for humans to maintain that information
manually. Switching from Make's syntax to Python's syntax won't make that
task substantially easier.
(Yes, I realize that backward compatibility is a strong goal so the layout
of objects tends to change rarely. I still prefer having correct
dependencies.)
Skip