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

[Wes Turner]

The subject line mentions "Part 2". Is there a link to "Part 1"? What is
the rationale for changing?

Make, autoconf, and automake are already widely ported/portable.

What are the criteria for evaluating alternatives?
On Mar 13, 2015 2:41 PM, "Ryan Gonzalez" <rymg19 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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