[Python-Dev] using SCons to build Python

[Aahz]

On Sun, Mar 27, 2005, Adam MacBeth wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever considered using SCons to build Python? SCons is a
> great build tool written in Python that provides some Autoconf-like
> functionality (http://www.scons.org). It seems like this type of
> self-hosting would be a great testament to the power of Python as well
> as helping to reinforce the strength of SCons as a next generation
> build tool.

Unfortunately, this leads to a bootstrapping problem.  :-(  It might be
worthwhile investigating moving parts of CPython's build process to
SCons, but core Python needs to stick with make.  If you want to push
this idea forward, you'll probably need to create a proof-of-concept.
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