To be clear, I’m not suggesting we remove the ability to compile native extensions.
I’m suggesting we find a better way to build them, something a bit more structured, and decouple that specific use case from setup.py.
It would be cool to be able to structure this in a way that means I can describe what system libraries I may need without having to execute setup.py and find out, and express compile time flags or options in a structured way.
I’m suggesting we find a better way to build them, something a bit more structured, and decouple that specific use case from setup.py.
It would be cool to be able to structure this in a way that means I can describe what system libraries I may need without having to execute setup.py and find out, and express compile time flags or options in a structured way.
Think of it like cargo.toml va build.rs.