[Scons-users] [scons-users] Support for Python 3?

Russel Winder russel at winder.org.uk
Tue Jun 12 02:32:45 EDT 2012


On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 15:42 -0500, Chris BeHanna wrote:

> On Jun 11, 2012, at 15:14 , Robert Lupton the Good wrote:

>

> >> Is building a local version of python 2.7 or 3.2 a barrier for people building software?

> >

> > I'd say yes, in general. You need to commit to a complete new universe, installing all packages you need. For example, your system might have a copy of scipy installed (non-trivial...) and you really don't want to repeat that work just to use scons.

>

> virtualenv is your friend.

>

> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv


I cannot disagree, but what is needed is a model of how this might solve
the problem. Can you outline you vision of the SCons developer and user
workflows based around use of virtualenv?

Thanks.

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