[Numpy-discussion] Cython requirement?

[Robert Kern]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.root at ou.edu> wrote:
> When did Cython become a build requirement? I remember discussing the use of
> Cython a while back, and IIRC the agreement was that both the cython code
> and the generated C files would be included in version control so that
> cython wouldn't be a build requirement, only a developer requirement when
> modifying those files.

It's a build requirement for building from the git checkout, but not
the distributed source tarballs. The change was not too long ago, but
it was discussed here.

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Robert Kern