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copied!<p>What are the benefits and problems with the various Python <code>make</code>-like systems?</p> <p><strong>note</strong> We're using the denotations '<strong>(+)</strong>' and '<strong>(-)</strong>' respectively at the beginning of list items to indicate benefits and problems.</p> <p>So far I'm aware of </p> <ul> <li><a href="http://agendaless.com/Members/chrism/software/buildit/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">buildit</a> <ul> <li>was previously known as <code>pymake</code></li> <li><strong>(-)</strong> seems to be obsolescing: last release was in late 2007</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout/1.5.0b2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">zc.buildout</a> <ul> <li><strong>(+)</strong> currently active as of 2010-07-20</li> <li>uses rc-file-like syntax with <code>[sections]</code></li> <li><strong>(-)</strong> python code cannot (?) readily be integrated into config files.</li> <li>seems to place a lot of emphasis on working with <code>.egg</code> files.</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/SCons/0.92" rel="nofollow noreferrer">scons</a> <ul> <li><strong>(+)</strong> currently active as of 2010-07-20</li> <li>configuration files are written in pure Python</li> <li><strong>(+)</strong> python code can readily be integrated into config files</li> <li><strong>(-)?</strong> use of Python for config files may entail extra verbosity</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/waf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">waf</a> <ul> <li><strong>(+)?</strong> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/151019">Mark</a> says "Benefits as <code>scons</code> but faster"</li> <li>Any downsides? Why are people still using <code>scons</code>?</li> </ul></li> </ul>

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