Hey Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: numpy-discussion-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:numpy- discussion-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Charles R Harris Sent: 01 July 2006 19:57 To: Robert Kern Cc: numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Numpy-discussion] Time for beta1 of NumPy 1.0
All,
This is bit off topic, but a while ago there were some complaints about the usefulness of distutils. I note that KDE has gone over to using cmake after trying scon. I am not familiar with cmake, but perhaps someone here knows more and can comment on its suitability.
CMake definately warrants investigation, but I think SCons might be a better way to go. I think it would make it easier to reuse large parts of the existing build code (e.g. conv_template.py could be converted into a SCons builder without too much effort). Reusing parts of distutils and setuptools would also be easier if the new tool is somehow Python-aware. I think the main problem with distutils in the NumPy context is that it was never designed to build C/Fortran code over so many platforms with to many possible build configurations. python setup.py install works pretty well, but any kind of non-default configuration can become a bit hairy, despite the excellent work on NumPy extensions to distutils. I'd like to take a stab at doing something with SCons in a few weeks' time. Does anybody want to brainstorm on some ideas for what is needed from a better build system for NumPy? Maybe a wiki page? Regards, Albert