On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Kenny, Jason L <[email protected]> wrote:
> The current way is to get a source dist and install it. > > This would not stop. You would be able to do the same thing. > If nothing else will be broken then I don't mind against uploading wheels to PyPI. > The difference in the below would be: > > > > Pip install scons > > > > would be default go to the internet and get SCons > Ok. pip install . > > > > would install the current setup.py in the directory ( and I should add > allow you to then do a “pip uninstall scons” to remove it. You can still do > a “python setup.py install” as well you however would now have meta > generated to remove it with a nice command. > Not ok. SCons is a build system, so it should build itself to experiment on a live code. If we can teach pip to invoke scons as a part of build step - that is ok. I'd say that there is a even a demand for a cross-platform build tool that can work with pip to build binary stuff like extensions. -- anatoly t.
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