Re: Revamping Python build system (Was: pythonXX.dll size: please split CJK codecs out)

2005-08-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Giovanni Bajo wrote: > You seem to ignore the fact that scons can easily generate VS.NET projects. I'm not ignoring it - I'm not aware of it. And also, I don't quite believe it until I see it. > But there is no technical reason why it has to be so. I work on several > portable projects, and they

Re: Revamping Python build system (Was: pythonXX.dll size: please split CJK codecs out)

2005-08-21 Thread Giovanni Bajo
Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> Out of curiosity, was this ever discussed among Python developers? >> Would something like scons qualify for this? OTOH, scons opens nasty >> self-bootstrapping issues (being written itself in Python). > > No. The Windows build system must be integrated with Visual Studio

Re: Revamping Python build system (Was: pythonXX.dll size: please split CJK codecs out)

2005-08-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Giovanni Bajo wrote: >>I'm sure Martin would be happy to consider a patch to make the build >>system more efficient. :) > > Out of curiosity, was this ever discussed among Python developers? Would > something like scons qualify for this? OTOH, scons opens nasty > self-bootstrapping issues (being w

Revamping Python build system (Was: pythonXX.dll size: please split CJK codecs out)

2005-08-21 Thread Giovanni Bajo
Michael Hoffman wrote: >> FWIW, this just highlights how ineffecient your build system is. >> Everything you currently do by hand could be automated, including >> MSI generation. > > I'm sure Martin would be happy to consider a patch to make the build > system more efficient. :) Out of curiosity