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

[anatoly techtonik]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:45 AM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> This doesn't seem to me to be a winner takes all proposition -- there is no
> reason someone couldn't set up a new build system for Python, get it all
> working nicely on their platform(s) of choice, persuade others how wonderful
> it is, get contributions, etc.
>
> If it turns out to really be better/easier etc. than autoconf, then , and
> only then, would it make any sense to talk about replacing the existing
> official build system. And even then, the two could live in parallel for
> quite some time...

Both Blender and Wesnoth have SCons and CMake running in parallel
for a long time. Both camps are just maintaining their own chains and it
works well.