[Numpy-discussion] Refactor fork uses the ./configure, make, make install process.

[Charles R Harris]

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Ilan Schnell <ischnell@enthought.com>wrote:

> Hello Charles,
>
> it was indeed the intention to change the build process of the core
> libndarray to use autoconf.  I've tested it on Linux, Mac, Solaris, and
> it works very well.  libndarray is really a separate project, which only
> resides for current development inside the numpy project.  The point
> is that you can build libndarray without having a particular Python
> installed.  The hope is that libndarray becomes used by other projects
> which are not Python based, for example:
>  * a pure C program
>  * a Perl C extension
>  * a Ruby C extension
>
> I thought that autoconf was the obvious choice for doing this, and also
> that is cleaner than numpy.distutils.
>
>
So does numpy currently build on top of libndarray or is that something for
the future also? It would also be useful for David C. to offer his thoughts
on building/packaging, did you consult with him by any chance?

Chuck
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