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| author | Emil Melnikov <emilmelnikov@gmail.com> | 2024-06-10 22:56:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com> | 2024-06-10 18:12:56 -0400 |
| commit | 141100e482e440dd08ea8b5b042927cac968f112 (patch) | |
| tree | 44bcdee9e90cdb8a3d60992bf102940b7518445c /docs/markdown/Python-module.md | |
| parent | 9694f9fefeee6ac7c729c3a520c43902e6fb76f1 (diff) | |
| download | meson-141100e482e440dd08ea8b5b042927cac968f112.tar.gz | |
Add note about meson-python and installation path
New people that want to use Meson for building Python extensions most
probably will read Python module docs first. Direct them to meson-python
and suggest to set `python.install_env=auto`.
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Python-module.md b/docs/markdown/Python-module.md index 05ae57de2..c02eed91d 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Python-module.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Python-module.md @@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ authors: This module provides support for finding and building extensions against python installations, be they python 2 or 3. +If you want to build and package Python extension modules using tools +compatible with [PEP-517](https://peps.python.org/pep-0517/), check out +[meson-python](https://mesonbuild.com/meson-python/index.html). + +If you are building Python extension modules against a Python interpreter +located in a venv or Conda environment, you probably want to set +`python.install_venv=auto`; +see [Python module options](Builtin-options.md#python-module) for details. + *Added 0.46.0* ## Functions |