[Distutils] waf can be used to compile Python extension modules

[Donald Stufft]

On Mar 21, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com> wrote:

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> On 03/21/2014 02:37 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
> > Again, though, that's only needed for "pip wheel" or for the
> > install-direct-from-source cases that may not even be expected to
> > work in the new metabuild system...
> 
> Hmm, that is a clear case of baby-with-the-bathwater if I ever saw one.
> Installing from an sdist has got to be orders-of-magnitude more common
> than anything requiring a separate compilation / build step.
> 
> 
> Tres.
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Some confusion here :)

When pip switches to only install from Wheels it’ll still handle sdists,
it’ll just do them by invoking the metabuild system to create a Wheel
and then install that Wheel.

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Donald Stufft
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