[Python-Dev] using SCons to build Python (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Wed Mar 30 00:15:21 CEST 2005

On Sun, Mar 27, 2005, Adam MacBeth wrote:

Has anyone ever considered using SCons to build Python? SCons is a great build tool written in Python that provides some Autoconf-like functionality (http://www.scons.org). It seems like this type of self-hosting would be a great testament to the power of Python as well as helping to reinforce the strength of SCons as a next generation build tool.

Unfortunately, this leads to a bootstrapping problem. :-( It might be worthwhile investigating moving parts of CPython's build process to SCons, but core Python needs to stick with make. If you want to push this idea forward, you'll probably need to create a proof-of-concept.

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