On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 13:33 +0100, Russel Winder wrote: > pip (and easy_install) are package downloaders and installers, invoke > bytecode generation of the installed, they are not build tools. The > offerings for build tools from the Python arena are SCons and Waf.
I guess I should have added that because C and C++ can be used to realize CPython PVM extensions, Python package installers have to know how to compile C and C++ code to shared objects / dynamically linked libraries. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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