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Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] configure: install meson to a python virtual environ
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Daniel P . Berrangé |
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Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] configure: install meson to a python virtual environment |
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Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:31:53 +0100 |
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On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 03:27:53PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 3/29/23 14:53, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > I would love to see a day where configure isn't involved in the
> > build process. Obviously we can't put this new logic into
> > meson as its a chicken & egg problem. Could we potentially
> > have your new python/scripts/mkvenv.py script be responsible
> > for setting up meson in the venv though, so we can avoid
> > adding more shell code to configure ?
>
> Not sure this is the same thing a what you want, but I do have a pipedream
> of rewriting configure in Python. At this point it has a lot more logic
> than it has command invocations.
In a choice between 'shell configure' and 'python configure', I'll
take the python version, as it is a fundamentally better language to
be writing anything non-trivial in. My desire is to see the elimination
of as much shell code as possible. As a broad goal, python should be the
only scripting language we aim to use, in preference to shell or perl
or any equivalent.
With regards,
Daniel
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[RFC PATCH 2/3] tests: add python3-venv dependency, John Snow, 2023/03/28
Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] configure: create a python venv and install meson, Paolo Bonzini, 2023/03/29