Ned Deily <n...@python.org> added the comment:
Thanks for your suggestion but changing build systems is a *huge* undertaking for cPython thanks to the many different platforms that we have added support to over the years and the many, many customizations that have been made. cmake would certainly be one option; starting from scratch with modern autotools another. And there are many such others. But this is way beyond the scope of a standard feature enhancement. In fact, there have been some discussions around the PSF funding one or more persons to reimplement our Unix-y build system (note there is a separate build system for Windows platforms). As Christian suggests, one concrete step towards getting a new build system would be to write a detailed PEP and then discussing in the ideas and/or core-workflow groups; another would be to help secure funding. But without first steps like that, there won't be anything served by further discussions here. So I'm closing this issue. It could be re-opened in the future once there is consen sus on an approach and implementation resources are identified. ---------- nosy: +ned.deily resolution: -> postponed stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40743> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
