Related: scikit-build seems to have quite a bit of momentum. I've never used CMake before, and while I know opinions on CMake aren't 100% positive, scikit-build looks like a significant improvement over distutils. I think we should try to integrate it at some point in the coming year. Hi! As a potential contributor to SciPy I would say that one of the things I’m most excited about, and one of the things that has kept me from getting too deeply involved in the C/C++ parts of NumPy/SciPy is the lack of proper IDE support. CMake solves this to an extent. I’ve found myself to be relatively comfortable with projects that used CMake rather than (for example) GNU Make or Autotools for the same reason. Best Regards, Hameer Abbasi Sent from Astro <https://www.helloastro.com> for Mac