On Monday, July 23, 2012 11:59:10 PM UTC-6, Rusi wrote: > On Jul 23, 11:16 pm, eric.lemi...@gmail.com wrote: > > Greetings all, > > > > I would like to leverage the Python packaging tools (e.g. distutils, > setuptools, distribute, et. al.) to maintain (i.e. download, extract, > configure, make, install, package) source distributions other than Python > modules (e.g. zlib, openssl). > > > > Are there any open-source packages/tools that already do this? Any > documentation in print or on the web that outlines a basic plan for doing > such? > > > > Any and all help greatly appreciated. > > Ive heard good things about scons > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCons
I've heard about SCons but don't know much about it. From what little I've read, it's only a make tool replacement. I'm looking for more "end-to-end" maintenance tools similar to -- perhaps built upon -- disutils, setuptools, and company. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
