On 01/07/2013 12:24 PM, Benjamin Root wrote:
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Thomas Kluyver <tho...@kluyver.me.uk
<mailto:tho...@kluyver.me.uk>> wrote:
On 7 January 2013 16:57, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu
<mailto:ben.r...@ou.edu>> wrote:
I was just reading some comments from Richard Stallman on ./
when I noticed that he pointed out a useful autoconf feature
that was added somewhat recently. Essentially, this feature
would allow one to do a build/install of a python module using
the "./configure; make install" approach, if one chooses.
Maybe it should be something to consider adding to our build
system?
My 2 cents: I took over the maintenance of a Python project built
by autotools. The build system felt more complex than the actual
application - a fantastic world of .am files generating .in files
generating Makefiles, which themselves were packed with
abstractions. I had little idea how to change anything in the
build process, and before long I ripped it out in favour of
setup.py, despite all distutils' flaws.
I'm sure that's more a question of my experience than of
autotools, but I'd think twice before adding it to a project.
Best wishes,
Thomas
That's a very good point. I certainly don't want to add significant
complexity to our build system. We certainly have enough of it
as-is. I was hoping that there was a way to complement our setup.py
approach. In other words, "python setup.py install" would be our
primary means of build/install, while allowing for "make install" as
an alternative. I have yet to actually look into how this current
autoconf feature would work and if that is even possible.
I, also, am not too much up on the details --- but I think if it's
possible for "make install" to just call "python setup.py install" under
the hood, I'd have no objections. What I'd be wary of would be
maintaining multiple install scripts. It's hard enough keeping one up
to date with all of the various platforms and configurations we
support. I'd be happy to replace that one with something that's clearly
superior, however, but distutils, bad as it is, seems to be "good enough".
Mike
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