[Python-ideas] Rewriting the build system (part 2)

[Ryan Gonzalez]

That written in Python, so Python would require Python to build which would
require Python to build which would require...

Besides, SCons sucks. If I were using a build system written in Python, I'd
use fbuild or Waf.


On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Scons? http://www.scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-user.html
> On Mar 13, 2015 1:44 PM, "Ryan Gonzalez" <rymg19 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So...I've been looking stuff up. Don't have too much free time right now,
>> but it was mostly Googleing.
>>
>> I have deemed three ideas to be best for Python:
>>
>> - Write a custom makefile generator. I have some ideas, but they likely
>> won't come to light any time soon.
>>
>> - Use Boost.Build. It seems ugly and complicated, but it actually has a
>> full configuring system that can detect libraries and try to compile source
>> files. It's written in C89, not C++, and its dependency is the Boehm GC,
>> which probably supports everywhere that Python runs on.
>>
>> Only issue? It's undergoing a rewrite in Python. However, at the rate
>> it's going, Python will likely be at version 7 by the time they finish.
>>
>> - Stick with autotools. Trying to avoid this.
>>
>> Thoughts? Again?
>>
>> --
>> Ryan
>> [ERROR]: Your autotools build scripts are 200 lines longer than your
>> program. Something’s wrong.
>> http://kirbyfan64.github.io/
>>
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-- 
Ryan
[ERROR]: Your autotools build scripts are 200 lines longer than your
program. Something’s wrong.
http://kirbyfan64.github.io/
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