[Python-Dev] Why are generated files in the repository?

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 00:05:19 CET 2015


On 26 Jan 2015 02:33, "R. David Murray" <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 14:00:57 +1000, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > It's far more developer friendly to aim to have builds from a source
> > check-out "just work" if we can. That's pretty much where we are today
> > (getting external dependencies for the optional parts on *nix can still
be
> > a bit fiddly - it may be worth maintaining instructions for at least apt
> > and yum in the developer guide that cover that)
>
> https://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#build-dependencies

Heh, as I was writing that I was thinking, "Did we do that already?". I
should have gone and checked :)

Cheers,
Nick.

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