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Re: Advice on Python build tools

From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Advice on Python build tools
Date 2016-04-12 21:10 +1000
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Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue@gmail.com> writes:

> Looking at the wiki list of build tools
> https://wiki.python.org/moin/ConfigurationAndBuildTools
>
> Has anyone much experience in build tools as i have no preference or
> experience to lean on.

I'm quite fine with GNU Make, so haven't really tried a lot of others.

I am fascinated by what I've seen of Meson <URL:http://mesonbuild.com/>.
It claims to behave very well with operating system package managers,
which if true makes it unique among Python-based build systems.

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Ben Finney

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Advice on Python build tools Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue@gmail.com> - 2016-04-12 02:48 -0700
  Re: Advice on Python build tools Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue@gmail.com> - 2016-04-12 03:04 -0700
  Re: Advice on Python build tools Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-12 21:10 +1000
    Re: Advice on Python build tools Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-04-12 07:16 -0700
  Re: Advice on Python build tools Chris Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 17:19 +0200
  Re: Advice on Python build tools Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue@gmail.com> - 2016-04-14 09:44 +0000

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