Hey Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:numpy- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles R Harris > Sent: 01 July 2006 19:57 > To: Robert Kern > Cc: numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Numpy-discussion] Time for beta1 of NumPy 1.0 > > All, > > This is bit off topic, but a while ago there were some complaints about > the usefulness of distutils. I note that KDE has gone over to using cmake > after trying scon. I am not familiar with cmake, but perhaps someone here > knows more and can comment on its suitability.
CMake definately warrants investigation, but I think SCons might be a better way to go. I think it would make it easier to reuse large parts of the existing build code (e.g. conv_template.py could be converted into a SCons builder without too much effort). Reusing parts of distutils and setuptools would also be easier if the new tool is somehow Python-aware. I think the main problem with distutils in the NumPy context is that it was never designed to build C/Fortran code over so many platforms with to many possible build configurations. python setup.py install works pretty well, but any kind of non-default configuration can become a bit hairy, despite the excellent work on NumPy extensions to distutils. I'd like to take a stab at doing something with SCons in a few weeks' time. Does anybody want to brainstorm on some ideas for what is needed from a better build system for NumPy? Maybe a wiki page? Regards, Albert Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion