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

[Mark Lawrence]

On 16/03/2015 23:45, Chris Barker wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Ned Deily
> <nad at acm.org
> <mailto:nad at acm.org>> wrote:
>
>       it would be a monumental undertaking to try to migrate the current
>     build system to something substantially different.  It's fine to let off
>     steam about frustrations with build systems but talking about it here is
>     not gonna cause it to change.  And it won't change unless someone (or,
>     more likely, some big company) is willing to invest an enormous effort
>     in people time and machine resources to do so.  Stefan's suggestion is
>     much more practical.
>
>
> This doesn't seem to me to be a winner takes all proposition -- there is
> no reason someone couldn't set up a new build system for Python, get it
> all working nicely on their platform(s) of choice, persuade others how
> wonderful it is, get contributions, etc.
>

This sounds really simple to me so when do you start work on it?

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence