[Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-15 Thread David Cournapeau
Hi, Starting thinking over the whole distutils thing, I was thinking what people would think about using scons inside distutils to build extension. The more I think about it, the more I think than distutils not being maintained, and numpy/scipy building needs being much more complicated (at lea

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-15 Thread Charles R Harris
Hi David, On 9/15/07, David Cournapeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > >Starting thinking over the whole distutils thing, I was thinking > what people would think about using scons inside distutils to build > extension. The more I think about it, the more I think than distutils > not bein

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-15 Thread Pearu Peterson
On Sat, September 15, 2007 9:41 pm, David Cournapeau wrote: >Starting thinking over the whole distutils thing, I was thinking > what people would think about using scons inside distutils to build > extension. Are you thinking of Python distutils or numpy.distutils? In the case of Python distu

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-15 Thread David Cournapeau
On 9/16/07, Pearu Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, September 15, 2007 9:41 pm, David Cournapeau wrote: > > >Starting thinking over the whole distutils thing, I was thinking > > what people would think about using scons inside distutils to build > > extension. > > Are you thinking o

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-16 Thread Matthieu Brucher
> > There are some things I am not sure about : > - how to build python extension with it: this is of course mandatory > We use Scons at the labs for the next version of the tool we use, and it is very simple to buil extensions, at least SWIG ones, for Python 2.5 on Windows, there is the need of a

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-16 Thread Matthew Brett
Hi, >Starting thinking over the whole distutils thing, I was thinking > what people would think about using scons inside distutils to build > extension. In general this seems like an excellent idea. If we can contribute what we need to scons, that would greatly ease the burden of maintenance

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-16 Thread David Cournapeau
Matthew Brett wrote: > Hi, > >>Starting thinking over the whole distutils thing, I was thinking >> what people would think about using scons inside distutils to build >> extension. > > In general this seems like an excellent idea. If we can contribute > what we need to scons, that would greatl

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-19 Thread Travis E. Oliphant
David Cournapeau wrote: > Hi, > >Starting thinking over the whole distutils thing, I was thinking > what people would think about using scons inside distutils to build > extension. The more I think about it, the more I think than distutils > not being maintained, and numpy/scipy building needs

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-20 Thread David Cournapeau
On 9/20/07, Travis E. Oliphant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Cournapeau wrote: > > Hi, > > > >Starting thinking over the whole distutils thing, I was thinking > > what people would think about using scons inside distutils to build > > extension. The more I think about it, the more I think

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Bitting the bullet: using scons to build extensions inside distutils ?

2007-09-22 Thread David Cournapeau
On 9/17/07, Matthew Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > >Starting thinking over the whole distutils thing, I was thinking > > what people would think about using scons inside distutils to build > > extension. > > In general this seems like an excellent idea. If we can contribute > what