Re: [Python-Dev] Compiling Python with Python

2013-06-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 6:00 AM, Jussi Pakkanen wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> >> Since you're talking about a bootstrap requirement here, the obvious >> question is: What version of Python 3 does it require? Will it be a >> lot of hassle to get hold of (say

Re: [Python-Dev] Compiling Python with Python

2013-06-05 Thread Antonio Cavallo
What's the advantage in writing a new build tool? I'm asking this because I'm doing the same using scons: https://bitbucket.org/cavallo71/fatpython At the moment I'm very interested into this problem: the main advantages I see so far are (in scons) are node dependencies and the fact it is pla

Re: [Python-Dev] Compiling Python with Python

2013-06-05 Thread Jussi Pakkanen
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > Since you're talking about a bootstrap requirement here, the obvious > question is: What version of Python 3 does it require? Will it be a > lot of hassle to get hold of (say) Python 3.2, only to uninstall it > when you have your 3.4 built

Re: [Python-Dev] Compiling Python with Python

2013-06-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:21 AM, Jussi Pakkanen wrote: > - implementation of Meson is 100% Python 3, it does not have a dependency on > the shell and in fact already works on Windows Since you're talking about a bootstrap requirement here, the obvious question is: What version of Python 3 does it

[Python-Dev] Compiling Python with Python

2013-06-05 Thread Jussi Pakkanen
Hello all I'd like to start this email by saying this is not a proposal to change Python's build system. This is just the results of some experimentation you might be interested it. I have been working on a cross-platform build system called Meson, which is implemented in Python 3. For symmetry I