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

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Wed Mar 30 01:49:02 CEST 2005

On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 20:55, 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.

SCons is cool and all -- I use it as a build tool for some of our products -- but it has a lot of quirks and takes a lot of getting used to. The autoconf-based build that we have now works well enough (for *nix) so IMO, switching to SCons is effort that would be better spent elsewhere. I don't see lots of upside to switching.

-Barry

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