[Python-ideas] Rewriting the build system (part 2)

[Wes Turner]

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On Mar 13, 2015 1:44 PM, "Ryan Gonzalez" <rymg19 at gmail.com> wrote:

> So...I've been looking stuff up. Don't have too much free time right now,
> but it was mostly Googleing.
>
> I have deemed three ideas to be best for Python:
>
> - Write a custom makefile generator. I have some ideas, but they likely
> won't come to light any time soon.
>
> - Use Boost.Build. It seems ugly and complicated, but it actually has a
> full configuring system that can detect libraries and try to compile source
> files. It's written in C89, not C++, and its dependency is the Boehm GC,
> which probably supports everywhere that Python runs on.
>
> Only issue? It's undergoing a rewrite in Python. However, at the rate it's
> going, Python will likely be at version 7 by the time they finish.
>
> - Stick with autotools. Trying to avoid this.
>
> Thoughts? Again?
>
> --
> Ryan
> [ERROR]: Your autotools build scripts are 200 lines longer than your
> program. Something’s wrong.
> http://kirbyfan64.github.io/
>
>
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