Re: [edk2-devel] Basetools as a pip module

2020-09-02 Thread Andrew Fish via groups.io
Matthew, I did not meant to imply we should optimize for the current installed base, I just think it is useful to think about them. I think Lazlo is pointing out what is best for the project and that should have more weight than the installed base, but it is always good to think how things impa

Re: [edk2-devel] Basetools as a pip module

2020-09-02 Thread Matthew Carlson
Andrew: I think leveraging the existing edksetup is a great idea. Using the existing EDK_TOOL_PATH variable could work but it seems clunky. Since the pip module wouldn't be a path, it seems strange to put a boolean value in a variable meant to hold a path. I definitely think that the scripts could

Re: [edk2-devel] Basetools as a pip module

2020-09-02 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 09/02/20 02:49, Andrew Fish via groups.io wrote: > > >> On Sep 1, 2020, at 4:35 PM, Matthew Carlson >> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> A recent topic on the RFC mailing list went out and the work on moving >> Basetools/Sources/Python to a separate repo has started. See the RFC >> conversatio

Re: [edk2-devel] Basetools as a pip module

2020-09-01 Thread Andrew Fish via groups.io
> On Sep 1, 2020, at 4:35 PM, Matthew Carlson wrote: > > Hello all, > > A recent topic on the RFC mailing list went out and the work on moving > Basetools/Sources/Python to a separate repo has started. See the RFC > conversation here: https://edk2.groups.io/g/rfc/topic/74009714#270 >

[edk2-devel] Basetools as a pip module

2020-09-01 Thread Matthew Carlson
Hello all, A recent topic on the RFC mailing list went out and the work on moving Basetools/Sources/Python to a separate repo has started. See the RFC conversation here: https://edk2.groups.io/g/rfc/topic/74009714#270 The repo in question is here: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-basetools The